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Iguanidae

family of reptiles
Taxon taxon Q235589
Iguanidae
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Summary

Iguanidae is a taxon[1]. Iguanidae ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,140 views/month, #1,415 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Iguania[4], Pleurodonta[5]
  • Taxon name: Iguanidae[6]
  • Commons category: Iguanidae[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Iguanidae[8], Wikidata item[9]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[10]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11]
  • This taxon is source of: iguana skin[12]
  • Homonymous taxon: Iguanidae[13]

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Identifiers

Iguanidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 35278[14]. Iguanidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8515[15]. Iguanidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1709[16]. Iguanidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6935[17]. Iguanidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 173863[18].

Why It Matters

Iguanidae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Iguanidae is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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] ↑ . 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. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . 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. 20w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0311010-leguanoviti, 0265486-leguani
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0265486-leguani, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  2. 20w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0311010-leguanoviti, 0265486-leguani
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0311010-leguanoviti, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 9812, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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