Savannah monitor

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q135677
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Savannah monitor

Summary

Savannah monitor is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (331 views/month, #1,509 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Savannah monitor's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Savannah monitor is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Savannah monitor's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Savannah monitor is classified within Varanus[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Savannah monitor is Varanus exanthematicus[7].
  • Savannah monitor's Commons category is recorded as Varanus exanthematicus[8].
  • Savannah monitor's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'V. exanthematicus'}[9].
  • Savannah monitor is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Savannah monitor'}[10].
  • Savannah monitor is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Steppenwaran'}[11].
  • Savannah monitor is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Varano delle steppe'}[12].
  • Savannah monitor is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'サバンナオオトカゲ'}[13].
  • Savannah monitor is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Waran stepowy'}[14].
  • Savannah monitor is commonly known as {'lang': 'wo', 'text': 'mbëtt mi'}[15].
  • Savannah monitor is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '草原巨蜥'}[16].
  • Savannah monitor is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Bosc's Monitor"}[17].
  • Savannah monitor is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Savannah Monitor'}[18].
  • Savannah monitor's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[19].

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Classification

Savannah monitor's scientific name is Varanus exanthematicus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Varanus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[10], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Steppenwaran'}[11], {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Varano delle steppe'}[12], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'サバンナオオトカゲ'}[13], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Waran stepowy'}[14], and {'lang': 'wo', 'text': 'mbëtt mi'}[15].

Identifiers

Savannah monitor's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 39456[20]. Savannah monitor's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8557[21]. Savannah monitor's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 790191[22]. Savannah monitor's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2470729[23]. Savannah monitor's ITIS TSN is recorded as 716511[24].

Why It Matters

Savannah monitor ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (331 views/month, #1,509 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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. [21] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] . wikidata.org.

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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