New Guinea snapping turtle

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q1996342
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New Guinea snapping turtle

Summary

New Guinea snapping turtle is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • New Guinea snapping turtle's image is recorded as Myuchelys novaeguineae.jpg[3].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's parent taxon is recorded as Hanwarachelys[7].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's taxon name is recorded as Elseya novaeguineae[8].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's Commons category is recorded as Elseya novaeguineae[9].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 46581[10].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02w9k9_[11].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 904238[12].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 551892[13].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 794867[14].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220337[15].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'E. novaeguineae'}[16].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'New Guinea Snapper'}[17].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'New Guinea Snapping Turtle'}[18].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'New Guinea Spotted Turtle'}[19].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's UMLS CUI is recorded as C3081344[20].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 39651[21].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 190981[22].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's IRMNG ID is recorded as 10356517[23].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's The Reptile Database ID is recorded as genus=Elseya&species=novaeguineae[24].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's Observation.org taxon ID is recorded as 99260[25].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's CAB ID is recorded as 143641[26].
  • New Guinea snapping turtle's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 469659[27].

Why It Matters

New Guinea snapping turtle ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Barcode of Life Data Systems. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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