Egernia

genus of reptiles
Taxon taxon Q143734
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Egernia

Summary

Egernia is a taxon[1]. Egernia ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month, #1,612 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Egernia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Egernia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Egernia is classified within Lygosominae[5].
  • Egernia is endemic to Australia[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Egernia is Egernia[7].
  • Egernia's Commons category is recorded as Egernia[8].
  • Egernia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Egernia[9].
  • Egernia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'イワトカゲ属'}[10].
  • Egernia's taxon author citation is recorded as Gray, 1838[11].

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Classification

Egernia's scientific name is Egernia[7]. Egernia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Egernia belongs to the parent taxon Lygosominae[5]. Egernia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'イワトカゲ属'}[10].

Distribution

Egernia is endemic to Australia[6].

Identifiers

Egernia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 38589[12]. Egernia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 71014[13]. Egernia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 34974[14]. Egernia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2463095[15].

Why It Matters

Egernia ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month, #1,612 of 195,241).[2] Egernia has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . 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. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Lygosominae
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Endemic to Australia
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