Horseshoe whip snake

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q540927
Horseshoe whip snake
Karl Joseph Brodtmann · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Horseshoe whip snake

Summary

Horseshoe whip snake is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (613 views/month, #1,554 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Horseshoe whip snake's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Horseshoe whip snake is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Horseshoe whip snake's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Horseshoe whip snake belongs to the parent taxon Hemorrhois[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Horseshoe whip snake is Hemorrhois hippocrepis[7].
  • Horseshoe whip snake's Commons category is recorded as Hemorrhois hippocrepis[8].
  • Horseshoe whip snake's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hemorrhois hippocrepis[9].
  • Horseshoe whip snake's Commons gallery is recorded as Hemorrhois hippocrepis[10].
  • Horseshoe whip snake's original combination is recorded as Coluber hippocrepis[11].
  • Horseshoe whip snake's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. hippocrepis'}[12].
  • Horseshoe whip snake is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'culebra de herradura'}[13].
  • Horseshoe whip snake is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Culebra De Herradura'}[14].
  • Horseshoe whip snake is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Horseshoe Whip Snake'}[15].
  • Horseshoe whip snake is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Hufeisennatter'}[16].
  • Horseshoe whip snake is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'culiebra de ferradura'}[17].
  • Horseshoe whip snake's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[18].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Horseshoe whip snake is Hemorrhois hippocrepis[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Hemorrhois[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'culebra de herradura'}[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Horseshoe Whip Snake'}[15], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Hufeisennatter'}[16], and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'culiebra de ferradura'}[17].

Identifiers

Horseshoe whip snake's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 73821[19]. Horseshoe whip snake's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 166086[20]. Horseshoe whip snake's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2459023[21]. Horseshoe whip snake's ITIS TSN is recorded as 1081681[22].

Why It Matters

Horseshoe whip snake ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (613 views/month, #1,554 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

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] . 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. [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] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . 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.

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  1. 18d ago · Breogan2008 · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Topic's main category Category:Hemorrhois hippocrepis
    Image Karl Joseph Brodtmann24.jpg
    Original combination Coluber hippocrepis
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