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Scincidae

family of reptiles (Reptilia)
Taxon taxon Q272206
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Scincidae

Summary

Scincidae is a taxon[1]. Scincidae ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,454 views/month, #752 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scincidae's image is recorded as Blue-toungued skink444.jpg[3].
  • Scincidae's image is recorded as Pair of Skinks.jpg[4].
  • Scincidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Scincidae's taxon rank is recorded as family[6].
  • Scincidae's parent taxon is recorded as Scincoidea[7].
  • Scincidae's taxon name is recorded as Scincidae[8].
  • Scincidae's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85123201[9].
  • Scincidae's Commons category is recorded as Scincidae[10].
  • Scincidae's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01vws3[11].
  • Scincidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 66056[12].
  • Scincidae's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph314902[13].
  • Scincidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 173957[14].
  • Scincidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8109[15].
  • Scincidae's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 351[16].
  • Scincidae's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 37946[17].
  • Scincidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9115[18].
  • Scincidae's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 1435550[19].
  • Scincidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Skinks[20].
  • Scincidae's topic's main category is recorded as Q9115890[21].
  • Scincidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[22].
  • Scincidae's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/skink[23].
  • Scincidae's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'skinker'}[24].
  • Scincidae's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'skink'}[25].
  • Scincidae's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'skinki'}[26].
  • Scincidae's Fauna Europaea ID is recorded as 15569[27].

Why It Matters

Scincidae ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,454 views/month, #752 of 195,241).[2] Scincidae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Scincidae is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. 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] ↑ . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Fauna Europaea. 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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