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Occurrence record: 41093300

Human observation of Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Adder recorded on 2025-04-22
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Overview

Occurrence ID 41093300
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Adder
Licence CC-BY
Record Date 2025-04-22 (Day)
Coordinates generalised Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Location in England generalised to 0.01 degrees. Sensitive in ENGLAND, Name: England, Zone: COUNTRY [Sensitive, Natural England]". Please contact data provider for more information.
Location Grid Reference: SE9598 Latitude: 54.38 Longitude: -0.53
Recorded by Bradshaw, Chris
Identification verification status Unconfirmed - not reviewed

Dataset

Data partner Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
Data resource Records of amphibians and reptiles via iRecord
Bibliographic citation Amphibian and Reptile Conservation and Biological Records Centre. [Date of download] Records verified via iRecord.
Collection code iRecord | General data

Abundance

Individual count 1

Organism

Life stage adult
Sex not recorded

Event

Occurrence date 2025-04-22
Date precision Day
Event date 2025-04-22
Event ID 29273818

Taxonomy

Scientific name Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Supplied scientific name "Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Common name Adder
Taxon rank species
Name match metric Taxon GUID match
The match was based on the supplied taxon concept ID rather than the scientific name.
Species Vipera berus
Genus Vipera
Family Viperidae
Order Squamata
Class Reptilia
Phylum Chordata
Kingdom Animalia
Taxon ID NBNSYS0000005075
Taxonomic issue No issues
Habitat taxon terrestrial
Establishment means taxon Native
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country United Kingdom
State/Province England
Latitude (WGS84) 54.38
Longitude (WGS84) -0.53
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty in meters 707.1
Coordinates generalised Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Location in England generalised to 0.01 degrees. Sensitive in ENGLAND, Name: England, Zone: COUNTRY [Sensitive, Natural England]".
Information withheld OSGB Grid Reference SE9598
Grid size in meters 1000
Grid reference wkt POLYGON((-0.53926 54.36867,-0.53926 54.37746,-0.52355 54.37746,-0.52355 54.36867,-0.53926 54.36867))
Grid reference SE9598

Additional properties

generalisationtoapplyinmetres 1000

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    Additional political boundaries information

    England
    Districts, Boroughs and Unitary Authorities (England) Scarborough District (B)
    National Character Areas (England) North York Moors and Cleveland Hills
    National Forest Estate (England) 117 - Yorkshire
    National Forest Inventory Woodland England 2018 Conifer
    National Parks (England) North York Moors
    Non-Metropolitan Counties and Greater London (England) North Yorkshire County
    Priority River Habitat - Headwater Areas (England) Priority River Habitat - Headwater Areas (England)
    GB
    Districts, Boroughs and Unitary Authorities (Great Britain) Scarborough District (B)
    GB countries England
    Ordnance Survey Grids - 100km SE
    Ordnance Survey Grids - 10km SE99
    Ordnance Survey Grids - 50km SENE
    Watsonian Vice Counties (GB) North-east Yorkshire
    Watsonian Vice Counties – 12 mile (GB) North-east Yorkshire
    Watsonian Vice Counties – 3 mile (GB) North-east Yorkshire
    UK
    Countries with sea areas England
    Local Environmental Records Centre Boundaries of the UK North & East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre
    National Parks (UK) North York Moors
    National Parks (UK) - 7075m buffer North York Moors
    UK, IoM, Channel Islands
    Square grid for reporting - 10km 26499
    World base layer United Kingdom
    BESbswy