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Asian water monitor

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Taxon taxon Q655616
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Asian water monitor

Summary

Asian water monitor is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,017 views/month, #681 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Asian water monitor's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Asian water monitor is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Asian water monitor's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Asian water monitor is classified within Varanus[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Asian water monitor is Varanus salvator[7].
  • Asian water monitor's Commons category is recorded as Varanus salvator[8].
  • Asian water monitor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Varanus salvator[9].
  • Asian water monitor's Commons gallery is recorded as Varanus salvator[10].
  • Asian water monitor's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'V. salvator'}[11].
  • Asian water monitor is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Asian water monitor lizard'}[12].
  • Asian water monitor is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common Water Monitor'}[13].
  • Asian water monitor is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '澤巨蜥'}[14].
  • Asian water monitor is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '圆鼻巨蜥'}[15].
  • Asian water monitor's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+540'}[16].
  • Asian water monitor's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+2280'}[17].
  • Asian water monitor's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[18].
  • Asian water monitor's Wildlife Protection Act 1972 is recorded as Schedule I (Part II) of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972[19].
  • Asian water monitor's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[20].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Asian water monitor is Varanus salvator[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Varanus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it lizard'}[12], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common Water Monitor'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '澤巨蜥'}[14], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '圆鼻巨蜥'}[15].

Identifiers

Asian water monitor's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 114891[21]. Asian water monitor's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 62051[22]. Asian water monitor's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2470685[23]. Asian water monitor's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174117[24].

Why It Matters

Asian water monitor ranks in the top 0.35% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,017 views/month, #681 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . list of endangered and protected species of China. wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . India Schedule Species Database. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . The Eurasian hot nightlife: Environmental forces associated with nocturnality in lizards. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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