Bell's hinge-back tortoise

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q1529918
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Bell's hinge-back tortoise

Summary

Bell's hinge-back tortoise is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107 views/month, #1,617 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bell's hinge-back tortoise's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Bell's hinge-back tortoise is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Bell's hinge-back tortoise is classified within Kinixys[5].
  • Bell's hinge-back tortoise's scientific name is Kinixys belliana[6].
  • Bell's hinge-back tortoise's Commons category is recorded as Kinixys belliana[7].
  • Bell's hinge-back tortoise's short name is recorded as K. belliana[8].
  • Bell's hinge-back tortoise is commonly known as Bell’s hinged tortoise[9].
  • Bell's hinge-back tortoise's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[10].
  • Bell's hinge-back tortoise's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES[11].
  • Bell's hinge-back tortoise's litter size is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Bell's hinge-back tortoise is Kinixys belliana[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Kinixys[5]. It is commonly known as Bell’s hinged tortoise[9].

Identifiers

Bell's hinge-back tortoise's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40065[13]. Bell's hinge-back tortoise's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 286004[14]. Bell's hinge-back tortoise's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 793051[15]. Bell's hinge-back tortoise's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441686[16]. Bell's hinge-back tortoise's ITIS TSN is recorded as 551796[17].

Why It Matters

Bell's hinge-back tortoise ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107 views/month, #1,617 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Anti-Strange-Ipek-Action · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sealifebase id 67166
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P6018]]: 67166, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270952|batch #270952]]"
  2. 22d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Litter size {'amount': '+3'}
    Instance of taxon
    Parent taxon Kinixys
    Taxon rank species
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tt */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/49068|batch #49068]]"
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