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Micrurus

genus of reptiles
Taxon taxon Q2075952
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Summary

Micrurus is a taxon[1]. Micrurus ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,301 views/month, #1,519 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

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

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Identifiers

Micrurus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 30493[9]. Micrurus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8634[10]. Micrurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 19248[11]. Micrurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2470005[12]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 174353[13] and 970322[14].

Why It Matters

Micrurus has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Micrurus is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . 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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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. 3d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 174353, 970322
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fi', 'fr',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 970322, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Elapidae
    Topic's main category → Category:Micrurus
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987012431020405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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