Agamidae

family of reptiles
Taxon taxon Q191102
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Summary

Agamidae is a taxon[1]. Agamidae ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,732 views/month, #1,314 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Iguania[4], Acrodonta[5]
  • Taxon name: Agamidae[6]
  • Commons category: Agamidae[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Agamidae[8]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[9]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[10], Otto's encyclopedia[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[15]
  • Taxon common name: agamer[16], agame[17]
  • Different from: Agame[18]

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Identifiers

Agamidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 31096[19]. Agamidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 81953[20]. Agamidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1734[21]. Agamidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9199[22]. Agamidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 209037[23].

Why It Matters

Agamidae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Agamidae is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i44171
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01690082-n
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Iguania, Acrodonta
    Nbn system key → NBNSYS0000164569
    Code of nomenclature → International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
    Taxon rank → family
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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