Caecilian

order of amphibians
Taxon taxon Q4758
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Caecilian

Summary

Caecilian is a taxon[1]. Caecilian ranks in the top 0.47% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,162 views/month, #914 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Caecilian's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Caecilian is classified at the rank of order[4].
  • Caecilian is classified within Lissamphibia[5].
  • Caecilian belongs to the parent taxon Amphibia[6].
  • Caecilian belongs to the parent taxon Apoda[7].
  • Caecilian's scientific name is Gymnophiona[8].
  • Caecilian's Commons category is recorded as Gymnophiona[9].
  • Caecilian's temporal range start is recorded as Jurassic[10].
  • Caecilian began on -199600000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Caecilian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Caecilians[12].
  • Caecilian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gymnophiona[13].
  • Caecilian's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[14].
  • Caecilian's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Caecilian's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Caecilian's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • Caecilian's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[18].
  • Caecilian's described by source is recorded as Q12049440[19].
  • Caecilian's topic has template is recorded as Q25768633[20].
  • Caecilian is commonly known as ormepadder[21].
  • Caecilian is commonly known as cecilia[22].
  • Caecilian's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].

Body

Classification

Caecilian's scientific name is Gymnophiona[8]. Caecilian is classified at the rank of order[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Lissamphibia[5], Amphibia[6], and Apoda[7]. Recorded taxon common name include ormepadder[21] and cecilia[22].

Identifiers

Caecilian's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 27880[24]. Caecilian's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8445[25]. Caecilian's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7529[26]. Caecilian's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 775[27]. Caecilian's ITIS TSN is recorded as 173746[28].

Why It Matters

Caecilian ranks in the top 0.47% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,162 views/month, #914 of 195,241).[2] Caecilian has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Caecilian is known by 96 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Redaktor GLAM · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Dermophis mexicanus.jpg, Syphonops annulatus (130495523).jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Syphonops annulatus (130495523).jpg"
  2. 16w ago · Paucabot · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Temporal range start → Jurassic
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P523]]: [[Q45805]]"
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