Bitis

genus of venomous vipers native to Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula
Taxon taxon Q574527
Bitis
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Bitis

Summary

Bitis is a taxon[1]. Bitis ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (218 views/month, #1,488 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bitis's image is recorded as GaboonViper.jpg[3].
  • Bitis's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Bitis's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Bitis's parent taxon is recorded as Viperinae[6].
  • Bitis's taxon range map image is recorded as Bitis distribution map.png[7].
  • Bitis's taxon name is recorded as Bitis[8].
  • Bitis's Commons category is recorded as Bitis[9].
  • Bitis's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D000097187[10].
  • Bitis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/065ryr[11].
  • Bitis's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.050.050.286.875.875.875.125[12].
  • Bitis's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.937.875.125[13].
  • Bitis's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.875.875.125[14].
  • Bitis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8691[15].
  • Bitis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 634420[16].
  • Bitis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 35156[17].
  • Bitis's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 38157[18].
  • Bitis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2444943[19].
  • Bitis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bitis[20].
  • Bitis's Commons gallery is recorded as Bitis[21].
  • Bitis's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Bitis[22].
  • Bitis's EPPO Code is recorded as 1BITIG[23].
  • Bitis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 30850[24].
  • Bitis's ADW taxon ID is recorded as Bitis[25].
  • Bitis's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as puffaddere[26].
  • Bitis's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1324783[27].

Why It Matters

Bitis ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (218 views/month, #1,488 of 195,241).[2] Bitis has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Bitis is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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