Crotalus cerastes

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q1366532
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Crotalus cerastes

Summary

Crotalus cerastes is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (852 views/month, #1,280 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Crotalus cerastes's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Crotalus cerastes is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Crotalus cerastes's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Crotalus cerastes is classified within Crotalus[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Crotalus cerastes is Crotalus cerastes[7].
  • Crotalus cerastes's Commons category is recorded as Crotalus cerastes[8].
  • Crotalus cerastes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Crotalus cerastes[9].
  • Crotalus cerastes's Commons gallery is recorded as Crotalus cerastes[10].
  • Crotalus cerastes's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[11].
  • Crotalus cerastes is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sidewinder'}[12].
  • Crotalus cerastes is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sidewinder Rattlesnake'}[13].
  • Crotalus cerastes is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'งูหางกระดิ่งไซด์ไวน์เดอร์'}[14].
  • Crotalus cerastes is commonly known as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Boynuzlu çıngıraklı yılan'}[15].
  • Crotalus cerastes is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'grzechotnik rogaty'}[16].
  • Crotalus cerastes's different from is recorded as AIM-9 Sidewinder[17].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Crotalus cerastes is Crotalus cerastes[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Crotalus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sidewinder'}[12], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sidewinder Rattlesnake'}[13], {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'งูหางกระดิ่งไซด์ไวน์เดอร์'}[14], {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Boynuzlu çıngıraklı yılan'}[15], and {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'grzechotnik rogaty'}[16].

Identifiers

Crotalus cerastes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 30751[18]. Crotalus cerastes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8746[19]. Crotalus cerastes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 815843[20]. Crotalus cerastes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2444360[21]. Crotalus cerastes's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174311[22].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Crotalus cerastes include AIM-9 Sidewinder[23], a missile family[24].

Why It Matters

Crotalus cerastes ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (852 views/month, #1,280 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for it include AIM-9 Sidewinder[23], a missile family[24].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . ARKive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . 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. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Crotalus
    Instance of taxon
    Iucn conservation status Least Concern
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