Cordylidae
E1501493
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Cordylidae is a family of small to medium-sized, heavily armored lizards native mainly to sub-Saharan Africa, known for their spiny or plated scales and rock-dwelling habits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cordylidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21782152 — 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: Cordylidae Context triple: [Scincomorpha, includesTaxon, Cordylidae]
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A.
Scotocercidae
Scotocercidae is a family of small insectivorous passerine birds, often called bush warblers and their allies, found mainly in Eurasia and Africa.
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B.
Scelorchilus
Scelorchilus is a small genus of South American tapaculos, comprising ground-dwelling, secretive passerine birds found mainly in temperate forests of Chile and Argentina.
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C.
Chaenopsidae
Chaenopsidae is a family of small, often elongate and tube-dwelling blennies found primarily in tropical and subtropical marine waters of the Americas.
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D.
Peripatopsidae
Peripatopsidae is a family of velvet worms characterized by their soft, segmented bodies and multiple pairs of stubby, unjointed legs, found mainly in the Southern Hemisphere.
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E.
Plagiolepis
Plagiolepis is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants in the subfamily Formicinae, found primarily in warm and temperate regions.
- 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: Cordylidae Target entity description: Cordylidae is a family of small to medium-sized, heavily armored lizards native mainly to sub-Saharan Africa, known for their spiny or plated scales and rock-dwelling habits.
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A.
Scotocercidae
Scotocercidae is a family of small insectivorous passerine birds, often called bush warblers and their allies, found mainly in Eurasia and Africa.
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B.
Scelorchilus
Scelorchilus is a small genus of South American tapaculos, comprising ground-dwelling, secretive passerine birds found mainly in temperate forests of Chile and Argentina.
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C.
Chaenopsidae
Chaenopsidae is a family of small, often elongate and tube-dwelling blennies found primarily in tropical and subtropical marine waters of the Americas.
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D.
Peripatopsidae
Peripatopsidae is a family of velvet worms characterized by their soft, segmented bodies and multiple pairs of stubby, unjointed legs, found mainly in the Southern Hemisphere.
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E.
Plagiolepis
Plagiolepis is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants in the subfamily Formicinae, found primarily in warm and temperate regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.