Occurrence record: 40512982

Human observation of Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Adder recorded on 2025-03-26

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Overview

Occurrence ID	40512982
Other catalogue numbers	0195d241-b0b5-7000-a35f-a82d37ec881e
Basis of record	Human observation
Scientific name	Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Adder
Licence	CC-BY
Record Date	2025-03-26 (Day)
Locality	Hill End, Llangenith, Swansea
Location	Grid Reference: SS41179120 Latitude: 51.59724 Longitude: -4.29454
Recorded by	John Nightingale
Identification verification status	Unconfirmed - not reviewed
Occurrence remarks	Very small chestnut coloured, crawling across path and into bushes

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 \| LERC Wales

Event

Occurrence date	2025-03-26
Date precision	Day
Event date	2025-03-26
Event ID	28753909

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	Wales
Locality	Hill End, Llangenith, Swansea
Latitude (WGS84)	51.59724
Longitude (WGS84)	-4.29454
Geodetic datum	EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty in meters	5.0
Grid size in meters	10
Grid reference	SS41179120

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Warning
Country inferred from coordinates	Warning
Grid reference calculated using latitude and longitude	Warning
Show/Hide 14 passed properties
Basis of record not supplied	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Invalid collection date	Passed
Incomplete collection date	Passed
First of the month	Passed
Data are generalised	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Name not recognised	Passed
Decimal coordinates not supplied	Passed
Zero latitude	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty not valid	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty not specified	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing geodetic datum	Passed
Show/Hide 2 missing properties
Missing name of person who identified the specimen/observation	Missing
Missing catalogue number	Missing
Show/Hide 73 tests that have not been run
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Unchecked (lack of data)
Kingdom not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing identification references	Unchecked (lack of data)
Cultivated / escapee	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates converted from UTM	Unchecked (lack of data)
Homonym issues with supplied name	Unchecked (lack of data)
Collection code not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates derived from verbatim coordinates	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeferenced verification status	Unchecked (lack of data)
No collection date supplied	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Invalid scientific name	Unchecked (lack of data)
Collector name unparseable	Unchecked (lack of data)
Latitude Longitude calculated from grid reference	Unchecked (lack of data)
Higher taxonomy missing	Unchecked (lack of data)
Date precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Image URL invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing an identification qualifier	Unchecked (lack of data)
Zero longitude	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Occurrence status assumed to be present	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing name of person who georeferenced the occurrence	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing identification date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Unchecked (lack of data)
unrecognisedOccurrenceStatus	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Day and month transposed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Outside expert range for species	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Unchecked (lack of data)
Supplied country not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the year	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Unchecked (lack of data)
Institution code not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Latitude is negated	Unchecked (lack of data)
Invalid geodetic datum	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeferenced sources	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unrecognised ID verification status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing taxonomic rank	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Habitat incorrect for species	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Media unrepresentative	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinate precision not valid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Name not in national checklists	Unchecked (lack of data)
Longitude is negated	Unchecked (lack of data)
Media unrepresentative for taxon	Unchecked (lack of data)
Precision / range mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth out of range	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude out of range	Unchecked (lack of data)
Suspected outlier	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the century	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unable to convert UTM coordinates	Unchecked (lack of data)
Possible duplicate record	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeference date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing coordinate precision	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unparseable verbatim coordinates	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates centre of country	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeferenced protocol	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates are out of range for species	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing identification verification status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates are transposed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Supplied coordinates are zero	Unchecked (lack of data)
Taxonomic issue	Unchecked (lack of data)
coordinatesNotCentreOfGrid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identification date before occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Badly formed altitude	Unchecked (lack of data)

Additional political boundaries information

GB
Districts, Boroughs and Unitary Authorities (Great Britain)	Aberdeenshire
GB countries	Scotland
Ordnance Survey Grids - 100km	NO
Ordnance Survey Grids - 10km	SS49
Ordnance Survey Grids - 50km	NONE
Watsonian Vice Counties (GB)	Kincardineshire
Watsonian Vice Counties – 12 mile (GB)	Kincardineshire
Watsonian Vice Counties – 3 mile (GB)	Kincardineshire
UK
Countries with sea areas	Scotland
Local Environmental Records Centre Boundaries of the UK	North East Scotland Biological Records Centre
UK, IoM, Channel Islands
Hexagonal grid for reporting - 10km	12497
Square grid for reporting - 10km	22343
Wales
Areas Of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Wales)	GOWER
Habitat Network: Lowland Grassland Level 2 (Priority) (Wales)	Habitat Network: Lowland Grassland Level 2 (Priority) (Wales)
Local Authorities (Wales)	Abertawe - Swansea
Terrestrial Phase 1 Habitat Survey (Vegetation Voronoi) (Wales)	H.6.8 Open dune
World base layer	United Kingdom

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value
Classification	Species		Vipera berus
	Name match metric		taxonIdMatch
	Vernacular name	Adder	Adder
	Scientific name	Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Vipera berus
	Class		Reptilia
	Genus id		NBNSYS0000138862
	Taxon concept ID		NBNSYS0000005075
	Kingdom id		NBNSYS0100001342
	Left		4850
	Habitat taxon		terrestrial
	Phylum		Chordata
	Kingdom		Animalia
	Class id		NHMSYS0000375236
	Genus		Vipera
	Phylum id		NBNSYS0100002380
	Order		Squamata
	Taxon rank		species
	Establishment means taxon		Native
	Order id		NBNSYS0000161047
	Taxonomic issue		["noIssue"]
	Species id		NBNSYS0000005075
	Family id		NHMSYS0000375244
	Taxon ID	NBNSYS0000005075
	Family		Viperidae
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Scientific name authorship		(Linnaeus, 1758)
	Right		4850
Event	Date precision		Day
	Event date	2025-03-26	2025-03-26
	Year		2025
	Day		26
	Month		03
	Event ID	28753909
Identification	Abcd identification qualifier		Not provided
	Identification qualifier		Not provided
	Identification verification status	Unconfirmed - not reviewed	Unconfirmed - not reviewed
Occurrence	Occurrence ID	40512982
	Basis of record	HumanObservation	HumanObservation
	Recorded by	John Nightingale	Nightingale, J. John
	Rights holder	Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, and Biological Records Centre
	Dataset name	Records of amphibians and reptiles via iRecord
	Other catalog numbers	0195d241-b0b5-7000-a35f-a82d37ec881e
	Occurrence remarks	Very small chestnut coloured, crawling across path and into bushes
	Occurrence status	present	present
	Collection code	iRecord \| LERC Wales
Attribution	Data resource		Records of amphibians and reptiles via iRecord
	Data provider uid		dp58
	License		CC-BY
	Data Resource ID	dr2769
	Data partner		Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
Location	Decimal latitude	51.59724	51.59724
	Grid size in meters		10
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	5	5.0
	Country		United Kingdom
	Grid reference		SS41179120
	State province		Wales
	Decimal longitude	-4.29454	-4.29454
	Locality	Hill End, Llangenith, Swansea	Hill End, Llangenith, Swansea
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326

Occurrence record: 40512982

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