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Reptilia

class of vertebrate animals (Vertebrata)
Taxon taxon Q10811
Reptilia
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Summary

Reptilia is a taxon[1]. Reptilia ranks in the top 0.069% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,629 views/month, #134 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: class[3]
  • Parent taxon: Sauropsida[4]
  • Taxon name: Reptilia[5]
  • Subclass of: Tetrapoda[6]
  • Commons category: Reptilia[7]
  • Start time: -318000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • IPA transcription: ɹɛpˈtɪli.ə[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Reptiles[10]
  • Commons gallery: Reptilia[11]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[12]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: zoo=reptile[13]
  • Depicted by: Cratere con aironi e rettili[14]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Otto's encyclopedia[17], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[21], The New Student's Reference Work[22]
  • Topic has template: Template:Reptiles[23]
  • This taxon is source of: reptile meat[24], egg as food[25]
  • Taxon common name: Sürünənlər[26], Kriachviecher[27], Reptilien[28], সরীসৃপ[29], Rèptils[30], plazi[31], Krybdyr[32], Ερπετά[33], Reptiles[34], Matelijat[35], Krepdiarten[36], Réptiles[37], Ἑρπετόν[38], Mo‘ohana[39]

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Identifiers

Reptilia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1703[40]. Reptilia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 358[41]. Reptilia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 173747[42].

Why It Matters

Reptilia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Reptilia is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Related Entities

Biota BioWeb Ecuador | Reptiles of Ecuador Introduced species in the Canary Islands More Reptiles PortalWeb Ecuador Reptilian Transcriptomes Specify Collections Consortium

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  7. [42] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [41] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  39. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 8w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q5292
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q319990
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q319990, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 12685
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 12685, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167483731|REPTILES (#167483731)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]]"
  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3LXX6J
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → reptiles
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: reptiles, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289963184|reptiles (#289963184)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  6. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005024-plazi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005024-plazi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  7. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 6614, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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