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Ensatina

genus of amphibians
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q11843131
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Ensatina

Summary

Ensatina is a monotypic taxon[1]. Ensatina ranks in the top 3% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ensatina's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[3].
  • Ensatina is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Ensatina belongs to the parent taxon Plethodontinae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Ensatina is Ensatina[6].
  • Ensatina's Commons category is recorded as Ensatina[7].
  • Ensatina is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ensatinas'}[8].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Ensatina is Ensatina[6]. Ensatina is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Ensatina is classified within Plethodontinae[5]. Ensatina is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ensatinas'}[8].

Identifiers

Ensatina's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 27248[9]. Ensatina's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 57549[10]. Ensatina's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42926[11]. Ensatina's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2431642[12]. Ensatina's ITIS TSN is recorded as 173731[13].

Why It Matters

Ensatina ranks in the top 3% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → monotypic taxon
    Parent taxon → Plethodontinae
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007548260105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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