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Hemidactylus

genus of reptiles
Taxon taxon Q747278
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Hemidactylus

Summary

Hemidactylus is a taxon[1]. Hemidactylus ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (406 views/month, #1,487 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hemidactylus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Hemidactylus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Hemidactylus is classified within Gekkoninae[5].
  • Hemidactylus's scientific name is Hemidactylus[6].
  • Hemidactylus's Commons category is recorded as Hemidactylus[7].
  • Hemidactylus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hemidactylus[8].
  • Hemidactylus's taxon author citation is recorded as Gray, 1825[9].
  • Hemidactylus's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Hemidactylus is Hemidactylus[6]. Hemidactylus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Hemidactylus belongs to the parent taxon Gekkoninae[5].

Identifiers

Hemidactylus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 34434[11]. Hemidactylus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 47727[12]. Hemidactylus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5221394[13]. Hemidactylus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174054[14].

Why It Matters

Hemidactylus ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (406 views/month, #1,487 of 195,241).[2] Hemidactylus has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Hemidactylus is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . 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. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Into the light: diurnality has evolved multiple times in geckos. 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. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Gekkoninae
    Diel cycle → nocturnal
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007555529105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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