Blanding's turtle

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q185526
Blanding's turtle
Holbrook, John Edwards, 1794-1871 (English Wikipedia) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Blanding's turtle

Summary

Blanding's turtle is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,215 views/month, #1,438 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blanding's turtle's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Blanding's turtle is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • William Blanding is named after Blanding's turtle[5].
  • Blanding's turtle's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Endangered status[6].
  • Blanding's turtle belongs to the parent taxon Emydoidea[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Blanding's turtle is Emydoidea blandingii[8].
  • Blanding's turtle's Commons category is recorded as Emydoidea blandingii[9].
  • Blanding's turtle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Emydoidea blandingii[10].
  • Blanding's turtle's Commons gallery is recorded as Emydoidea blandingii[11].
  • Blanding's turtle's has characteristic is recorded as negligible senescence[12].
  • Blanding's turtle's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'E. blandingii'}[13].
  • Blanding's turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Blanding's turtle"}[14].
  • Blanding's turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Blanding's Turtle"}[15].
  • Blanding's turtle's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES[16].
  • Blanding's turtle's diel cycle is recorded as cathemeral[17].

Body

Classification

Blanding's turtle's scientific name is Emydoidea blandingii[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Emydoidea[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': "it"}[14].

Discovery and Description

William Blanding is named after Blanding's turtle[5].

Identifiers

Blanding's turtle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 39885[18]. Blanding's turtle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1056352[19]. Blanding's turtle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2442885[20]. Blanding's turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 173789[21].

Why It Matters

Blanding's turtle ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,215 views/month, #1,438 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . genomics.senescence.info. genomics.senescence.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Species+. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Emydoidea
    Taxon rank species
    Instance of taxon
    Cites appendix Appendix II of CITES
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