Wood turtle

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q844687
Wood turtle
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Wood turtle

Summary

Wood turtle is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (569 views/month, #1,494 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wood turtle's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Wood turtle is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Wood turtle's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Endangered status[5].
  • Wood turtle is classified within Glyptemys[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Wood turtle is Glyptemys insculpta[7].
  • Wood turtle's Commons category is recorded as Glyptemys insculpta[8].
  • Wood turtle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Glyptemys insculpta[9].
  • Wood turtle's Commons gallery is recorded as Glyptemys insculpta[10].
  • Wood turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wood turtle'}[11].
  • Wood turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Tortue des bois'}[12].
  • Wood turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wood Turtle'}[13].
  • Wood turtle's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES[14].
  • Wood turtle's litter size is recorded as {'amount': '+10'}[15].
  • Wood turtle's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Wood turtle is Glyptemys insculpta[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Glyptemys[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[11] and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Tortue des bois'}[12].

Identifiers

Wood turtle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 39865[17]. Wood turtle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 335392[18]. Wood turtle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1056845[19]. Wood turtle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2443115[20]. Wood turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 668669[21].

Why It Matters

Wood turtle ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (569 views/month, #1,494 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. 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] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] . Species+. wikidata.org.
  18. [15] . Turtles and Tortoises Demographic Traits Database for CITES Listed Species ver. 01. 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. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Diel cycle diurnality
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