Plethodontidae
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Plethodontidae is a large family of lungless salamanders, primarily distributed in the Americas, known for breathing through their skin and mouth lining and for their great ecological and morphological diversity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Plethodontidae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19785429 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plethodontidae Context triple: [The Salamanders of the Family Plethodontidae, subject, Plethodontidae]
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A.
Bathylagidae
Bathylagidae is a family of deep-sea smelts known for their small, slender bodies and adaptation to life in the ocean’s midwater and bathypelagic zones.
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B.
Amolops
Amolops is a genus of aquatic, torrent-dwelling frogs commonly known as cascade frogs, found primarily in fast-flowing mountain streams of Asia.
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C.
Batrachoididae
Batrachoididae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as toadfishes, characterized by their broad, flattened heads and bottom-dwelling habits in coastal and estuarine waters.
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D.
Phrynosomatidae
Phrynosomatidae is a family of New World spiny lizards that includes horned lizards and other ground-dwelling, often desert-adapted species.
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E.
Ambystomatidae
Ambystomatidae is a family of mole salamanders native to North America, known for their burrowing habits and complex life cycles that often include both aquatic larval and terrestrial adult stages.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plethodontidae Target entity description: Plethodontidae is a large family of lungless salamanders, primarily distributed in the Americas, known for breathing through their skin and mouth lining and for their great ecological and morphological diversity.
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A.
Bathylagidae
Bathylagidae is a family of deep-sea smelts known for their small, slender bodies and adaptation to life in the ocean’s midwater and bathypelagic zones.
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B.
Amolops
Amolops is a genus of aquatic, torrent-dwelling frogs commonly known as cascade frogs, found primarily in fast-flowing mountain streams of Asia.
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C.
Batrachoididae
Batrachoididae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as toadfishes, characterized by their broad, flattened heads and bottom-dwelling habits in coastal and estuarine waters.
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D.
Phrynosomatidae
Phrynosomatidae is a family of New World spiny lizards that includes horned lizards and other ground-dwelling, often desert-adapted species.
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E.
Ambystomatidae
Ambystomatidae is a family of mole salamanders native to North America, known for their burrowing habits and complex life cycles that often include both aquatic larval and terrestrial adult stages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.