Wood turtle

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q844687
Wood turtle
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Summary

Wood turtle is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,122 views/month, #1,494 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wood turtle's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Wood turtle is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Wood turtle's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Endangered status[5].
  • Wood turtle is classified within Glyptemys[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Wood turtle is Glyptemys insculpta[7].
  • Wood turtle's Commons category is recorded as Glyptemys insculpta[8].
  • Wood turtle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Glyptemys insculpta[9].
  • Wood turtle's Commons gallery is recorded as Glyptemys insculpta[10].
  • Wood turtle is commonly known as Wood turtle[11].
  • Wood turtle is commonly known as Tortue des bois[12].
  • Wood turtle is commonly known as Wood Turtle[13].
  • Wood turtle's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES[14].
  • Wood turtle's litter size is recorded as {'amount': '+10'}[15].
  • Wood turtle's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Wood turtle is Glyptemys insculpta[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Glyptemys[6]. Recorded taxon common name include it[11] and Tortue des bois[12].

Identifiers

Wood turtle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 39865[17]. Wood turtle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 335392[18]. Wood turtle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1056845[19]. Wood turtle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2443115[20]. Wood turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 668669[21].

Why It Matters

Wood turtle ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,122 views/month, #1,494 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Anti-Strange-Ipek-Action · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sealifebase id → 68877
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  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Litter size → {'amount': '+10'}
    Parent taxon → Glyptemys
    Diel cycle → diurnality
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007283935605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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