Black mamba

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q188690
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Black mamba

Summary

Black mamba is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.11% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,521 views/month, #213 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Black mamba's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Black mamba is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Black mamba's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Black mamba belongs to the parent taxon Mamba[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Black mamba is Dendroaspis polylepis[7].
  • Black mamba's Commons category is recorded as Dendroaspis polylepis[8].
  • Black mamba's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dendroaspis polylepis[9].
  • Black mamba's Commons gallery is recorded as Dendroaspis polylepis[10].
  • Black mamba's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'D. polylepis'}[11].
  • Black mamba is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Black mamba'}[12].
  • Black mamba is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Black Mamba'}[13].
  • Black mamba is commonly known as {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'Swartmamba'}[14].
  • Black mamba is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'mamba prieta'}[15].
  • Black mamba is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'mamba negra'}[16].
  • Black mamba's different from is recorded as Black Mamba[17].
  • Black mamba's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[18].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Black mamba is Dendroaspis polylepis[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Mamba[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[12], {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'Swartmamba'}[14], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'mamba prieta'}[15], and {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'mamba negra'}[16].

Identifiers

Black mamba's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 30405[19]. Black mamba's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8624[20]. Black mamba's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 795080[21]. Black mamba's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2469875[22]. Black mamba's ITIS TSN is recorded as 700483[23].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Black mamba include Black Mamba[24], an inverted roller coaster[25], in Germany[26] and Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit[27], an organization[28], in South Africa[29], founded in 2013[30].

Why It Matters

Black mamba ranks in the top 0.11% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,521 views/month, #213 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include Black Mamba[24], an inverted roller coaster[25], in Germany[26] and Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit[27], an organization[28], in South Africa[29], founded in 2013[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] . Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Mamba
    Taxon rank species
    Instance of taxon
    Iucn conservation status Least Concern
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