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Chinese water dragon

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Chinese water dragon

Summary

Chinese water dragon is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month, #1,529 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chinese water dragon's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Chinese water dragon is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Chinese water dragon's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[5].
  • Chinese water dragon belongs to the parent taxon Physignathus[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Chinese water dragon is Physignathus cocincinus[7].
  • Chinese water dragon's Commons category is recorded as Physignathus cocincinus[8].
  • Chinese water dragon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Physignathus cocincinus[9].
  • Chinese water dragon's Commons gallery is recorded as Physignathus cocincinus[10].
  • Chinese water dragon's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. cocincinus'}[11].
  • Chinese water dragon is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '綠水龍'}[12].
  • Chinese water dragon is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '亞洲水龍'}[13].
  • Chinese water dragon is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '長鬣蜥'}[14].
  • Chinese water dragon is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '綠長鬣蜥'}[15].
  • Chinese water dragon is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '长鬣蜥'}[16].
  • Chinese water dragon's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[17].
  • Chinese water dragon's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[18].

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Classification

Chinese water dragon's scientific name is Physignathus cocincinus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Physignathus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '綠水龍'}[12], {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '亞洲水龍'}[13], {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '長鬣蜥'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '綠長鬣蜥'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '长鬣蜥'}[16].

Identifiers

Chinese water dragon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 31424[19]. Chinese water dragon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 52200[20]. Chinese water dragon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2465402[21]. Chinese water dragon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 1055626[22].

Why It Matters

Chinese water dragon ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month, #1,529 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Reptile Database. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Reptile Database. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Reptile Database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . list of endangered and protected species of China. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . The Eurasian hot nightlife: Environmental forces associated with nocturnality in lizards. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Topic's main category → Category:Physignathus cocincinus
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