Sphenodontidae

family of reptiles (Reptilia)
Taxon taxon Q3493224
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Sphenodontidae

Summary

Sphenodontidae is a taxon[1]. Sphenodontidae ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month, #1,565 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sphenodontidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sphenodontidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Sphenodontidae is classified within Rhynchocephalia[5].
  • Sphenodontidae is classified within Sphenodontia[6].
  • Sphenodontidae is endemic to New Zealand[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Sphenodontidae is Sphenodontidae[8].
  • Sphenodontidae's Commons category is recorded as Sphenodontidae[9].
  • Sphenodontidae began on -176000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Sphenodontidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sphenodontidae[11].

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Classification

Sphenodontidae's scientific name is Sphenodontidae[8]. Sphenodontidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Rhynchocephalia[5] and Sphenodontia[6].

Distribution

Sphenodontidae is endemic to New Zealand[7].

Identifiers

Sphenodontidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 26164[12]. Sphenodontidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8506[13]. Sphenodontidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1737[14]. Sphenodontidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5684[15]. Sphenodontidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 202130[16].

Why It Matters

Sphenodontidae ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month, #1,565 of 195,241).[2] Sphenodontidae has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Sphenodontidae is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Rhynchocephalia, Sphenodontia
    Endemic to New Zealand
    Topic's main category Category:Sphenodontidae
    Start time
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