Indian cobra

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q192754
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Summary

Indian cobra is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.3% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,876 views/month, #592 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Naja[5]
  • Taxon name: Naja naja[6]
  • Part of: Big Four[7]
  • Commons category: Naja naja[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Naja naja[9]
  • Commons gallery: Naja naja[10]
  • Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12]
  • Short name: N. naja[13]
  • Taxon common name: Indian cobra[14], cobra india[15], الناشر الهندي[16], naočarka[17], Очковая змея[18]
  • Different from: king cobra[19]
  • Habitat: land[20]
  • Sequenced genome URL: http://www.ensembl.org/Naja_naja[21]
  • Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (India) schedule: Schedule II (Part II) of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972[22]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[23]
  • Diel cycle: diurnality[24], cathemeral[25]

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Identifiers

Indian cobra's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53492[26]. Indian cobra's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 35670[27]. Indian cobra's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1055808[28]. Indian cobra's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2470351[29]. Indian cobra's ITIS TSN is recorded as 700632[30].

Why It Matters

Indian cobra has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Morphology and evolution of the snake cornea. wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . Ensembl genome database project. wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . India Schedule Species Database. wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . Morphology and evolution of the snake cornea. wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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