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Crotalus

genus of reptiles
Taxon taxon Q463637
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Summary

Crotalus is a taxon[1]. Crotalus ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,560 views/month, #1,471 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: pit viper[4]
  • Taxon name: Crotalus[5]
  • Commons category: Crotalus[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Crotalus[7]
  • Commons gallery: Crotalus[8]
  • Has effect: rattlesnake bite[9]

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Identifiers

Crotalus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 30692[10]. Crotalus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8728[11]. Crotalus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 15711[12]. Crotalus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2444354[13]. Crotalus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174305[14].

Why It Matters

Crotalus has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Crotalus is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i44555
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01757915-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Parent taxon → pit viper
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 14949, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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