Black mamba

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q188690
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Black mamba

Summary

Black mamba is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.11% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,637 views/month, #213 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Black mamba's image is recorded as Dendroaspis polylepis by Bill Love.jpg[3].
  • Black mamba's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Black mamba's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Black mamba's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Black mamba's parent taxon is recorded as Mamba[7].
  • Black mamba's taxon range map image is recorded as Africa land cover location mamba map with borders.jpg[8].
  • Black mamba's taxon name is recorded as Dendroaspis polylepis[9].
  • Black mamba's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2005000882[10].
  • Black mamba's Commons category is recorded as Dendroaspis polylepis[11].
  • Black mamba's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 177584[12].
  • Black mamba's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/075vm9[13].
  • Black mamba's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8624[14].
  • Black mamba's ITIS TSN is recorded as 700483[15].
  • Black mamba's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 795080[16].
  • Black mamba's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2469875[17].
  • Black mamba's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dendroaspis polylepis[18].
  • Black mamba's Commons gallery is recorded as Dendroaspis polylepis[19].
  • Black mamba's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/black-mamba[20].
  • Black mamba's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'D. polylepis'}[21].
  • Black mamba's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Black mamba'}[22].
  • Black mamba's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Black Mamba'}[23].
  • Black mamba's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'Swartmamba'}[24].
  • Black mamba's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'mamba prieta'}[25].
  • Black mamba's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'mamba negra'}[26].
  • Black mamba's different from is recorded as Black Mamba[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Black mamba include Black Mamba[28], a single[29], in South Korea[30] and Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit[31], an organization[32], in South Africa[33], founded in 2013[34].

Why It Matters

Black mamba ranks in the top 0.11% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,637 views/month, #213 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for it include Black Mamba[28], a single[29], in South Korea[30] and Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit[31], an organization[32], in South Africa[33], founded in 2013[34].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Library of Congress. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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