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Pacific gopher snake

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q2705737
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Pacific gopher snake

Summary

Pacific gopher snake is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,012 views/month, #1,245 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pacific gopher snake's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pacific gopher snake is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Pacific gopher snake's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Pacific gopher snake belongs to the parent taxon Pituophis[6].
  • Pacific gopher snake's scientific name is Pituophis catenifer[7].
  • Pacific gopher snake's Commons category is recorded as Pituophis catenifer[8].
  • Pacific gopher snake's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pituophis catenifer[9].
  • Pacific gopher snake's Commons gallery is recorded as Pituophis catenifer[10].
  • Pacific gopher snake's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. catenifer'}[11].
  • Pacific gopher snake is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bullsnake'}[12].
  • Pacific gopher snake is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Gophersnake'}[13].
  • Pacific gopher snake is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Gopher Snake'}[14].
  • Pacific gopher snake's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[15].
  • Pacific gopher snake's diel cycle is recorded as cathemeral[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Pacific gopher snake is Pituophis catenifer[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Pituophis[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bullsnake'}[12], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Gophersnake'}[13], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Gopher Snake'}[14].

Identifiers

Pacific gopher snake's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 29044[17]. Pacific gopher snake's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 94850[18]. Pacific gopher snake's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 791057[19]. Pacific gopher snake's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2453826[20]. Pacific gopher snake's ITIS TSN is recorded as 209400[21].

Why It Matters

Pacific gopher snake ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,012 views/month, #1,245 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Pituophis
    Diel cycle → cathemeral
    Topic's main category → Category:Pituophis catenifer
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007542225805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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