Boidae

family of snakes
Taxon taxon Q45556
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Boidae

Summary

Boidae is a taxon[1]. Boidae ranks in the top 0.58% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,470 views/month, #1,141 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Boidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Boidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Boidae belongs to the parent taxon Booidea[5].
  • Boidae belongs to the parent taxon Alethinophidia[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Boidae is Boidae[7].
  • Boidae's Commons category is recorded as Boidae[8].
  • Boidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Boidae[9].
  • Boidae's Commons gallery is recorded as Boidae[10].
  • Boidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[11].
  • Boidae's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[12].
  • Boidae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • Boidae's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[14].
  • Boidae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • Boidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'boaslanger'}[16].
  • Boidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'udavi'}[17].
  • Boidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].
  • Boidae's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES[19].

Body

Classification

Boidae's scientific name is Boidae[7]. Boidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Booidea[5] and Alethinophidia[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'boaslanger'}[16] and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'udavi'}[17].

Identifiers

Boidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 32080[20]. Boidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8572[21]. Boidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1725[22]. Boidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2464897[23]. Boidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174321[24].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Boidae include boa[25].

Why It Matters

Boidae ranks in the top 0.58% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,470 views/month, #1,141 of 195,241).[2] Boidae has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Boidae is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for Boidae include boa[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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