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Heterodon

genus of reptiles
Taxon taxon Q2698783
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Summary

Heterodon is a taxon[1]. Heterodon ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,267 views/month, #1,532 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Dipsadinae[4]
  • Taxon name: Heterodon[5]
  • Commons category: Heterodon[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Heterodon[7]
  • Commons gallery: Heterodon[8]
  • Homonymous taxon: Heterodon[9]

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Identifiers

Heterodon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 29923[10]. Heterodon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8596[11]. Heterodon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 30443[12]. Heterodon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2443826[13]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 174153[14] and 770859[15].

Why It Matters

Heterodon has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Heterodon is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 174153, 770859
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ceb', 'commons', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fr', 'gl', 'he',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 770859, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Homonymous taxon → Heterodon
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Interlingual index id → i44398
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
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