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Mediterranean house gecko

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q836347
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Summary

Mediterranean house gecko is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,102 views/month, #1,364 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Hemidactylus[5]
  • Taxon name: Hemidactylus turcicus[6]
  • Commons category: Hemidactylus turcicus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hemidactylus turcicus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Hemidactylus turcicus[9]
  • Original combination: Lacerta turcica[10]
  • Taxon common name: Turkish gecko[11], Salamanquesa Rosada[12], Hémidactyle turc[13], gekon turecký[14], saltarrostru arrosáu[15]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[16]
  • Diel cycle: nocturnal[17]

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Identifiers

Mediterranean house gecko's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 34435[18]. Mediterranean house gecko's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 58195[19]. Mediterranean house gecko's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 456655[20]. Mediterranean house gecko's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5221528[21]. Mediterranean house gecko's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174059[22].

Why It Matters

Mediterranean house gecko has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . 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. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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