Western pond turtle

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q667848
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Western pond turtle

Summary

Western pond turtle is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month, #1,547 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Western pond turtle's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Western pond turtle is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Western pond turtle's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[5].
  • Western pond turtle is classified within Actinemys[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Western pond turtle is Actinemys marmorata[7].
  • Western pond turtle's Commons category is recorded as Actinemys marmorata[8].
  • Western pond turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Western pond turtle'}[9].
  • Western pond turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pacific Pond Turtle'}[10].
  • Western pond turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Western Pond Turtle'}[11].
  • Western pond turtle's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[12].
  • Western pond turtle's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[13].

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Classification

Western pond turtle's scientific name is Actinemys marmorata[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Actinemys[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[9] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pacific Pond Turtle'}[10].

Identifiers

Western pond turtle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 73592[14]. Western pond turtle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 335395[15]. Western pond turtle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1056841[16]. Western pond turtle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2442896[17]. Western pond turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 668668[18].

Why It Matters

Western pond turtle ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month, #1,547 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] . 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. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Actinemys
    Diel cycle diurnality
    Instance of taxon
    Iucn conservation status Vulnerable
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007542021805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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