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big-headed turtle

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Taxon taxon Q754035
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big-headed turtle

Summary

big-headed turtle is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (343 views/month, #1,603 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • big-headed turtle's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • big-headed turtle is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • big-headed turtle's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Critically Endangered[5].
  • big-headed turtle belongs to the parent taxon Platysternon[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, big-headed turtle is Platysternon megacephalum[7].
  • big-headed turtle's Commons category is recorded as Platysternon megacephalum[8].
  • big-headed turtle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Platysternon megacephalum[9].
  • big-headed turtle's Commons gallery is recorded as Platysternon megacephalum[10].
  • big-headed turtle's taxon synonym is recorded as Platysternon peguense[11].
  • big-headed turtle's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. megacephalum'}[12].
  • big-headed turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Big-headed turtle'}[13].
  • big-headed turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Big-headed Turtle'}[14].
  • big-headed turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '平胸龟'}[15].
  • big-headed turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '缅甸平胸龟'}[16].
  • big-headed turtle's taxon author citation is recorded as Gray, 1870[17].
  • big-headed turtle's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix I of CITES[18].
  • big-headed turtle's litter size is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}[19].
  • big-headed turtle's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[20].
  • big-headed turtle's taxon range is recorded as Yunnan[21].

Body

Classification

big-headed turtle's scientific name is Platysternon megacephalum[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Platysternon[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Big-headed turtle'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '平胸龟'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '缅甸平胸龟'}[16].

Identifiers

big-headed turtle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 39688[22]. big-headed turtle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 55544[23]. big-headed turtle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 791024[24]. big-headed turtle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441884[25]. big-headed turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 551846[26].

Why It Matters

big-headed turtle ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (343 views/month, #1,603 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. 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. [23] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [26] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [25] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . list of endangered and protected species of China. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . New vertebrate species discovered in China in 2023. wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . New vertebrate species discovered in China in 2023. wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . Turtles and Tortoises Demographic Traits Database for CITES Listed Species ver. 01. wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . New vertebrate species discovered in China in 2023. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Litter size → {'amount': '+3'}
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Platysternon
    Iucn conservation status → Critically Endangered
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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