The Salamanders of the Family Plethodontidae
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The Salamanders of the Family Plethodontidae is a seminal herpetological monograph that provides a comprehensive taxonomic and biological treatment of lungless salamanders.
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| The Salamanders of the Family Plethodontidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Salamanders of the Family Plethodontidae Context triple: [Emmett Reid Dunn, notableWork, The Salamanders of the Family Plethodontidae]
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Über den natürlichen Familien der Amphibien
Über den natürlichen Familien der Amphibien is a 19th-century zoological work that presents an early systematic classification of amphibian families.
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B.
Salamanders
Salamanders are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Holly Springs, North Carolina, competing in the Coastal Plain League.
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Jefferson salamander
The Jefferson salamander is a slender, nocturnal mole salamander native to eastern North American woodlands, typically breeding in temporary woodland ponds in early spring.
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California tiger salamander
The California tiger salamander is a large, secretive, black-and-yellow spotted amphibian native to California’s grasslands and vernal pool ecosystems, where it spends most of its life underground and is considered a threatened species.
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Amami tip-nosed frog
The Amami tip-nosed frog is a rare, endemic frog species found only on Japan’s Amami Islands, known for its distinctive pointed snout and restricted subtropical forest habitat.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Salamanders of the Family Plethodontidae Target entity description: The Salamanders of the Family Plethodontidae is a seminal herpetological monograph that provides a comprehensive taxonomic and biological treatment of lungless salamanders.
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A.
Über den natürlichen Familien der Amphibien
Über den natürlichen Familien der Amphibien is a 19th-century zoological work that presents an early systematic classification of amphibian families.
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B.
Salamanders
Salamanders are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Holly Springs, North Carolina, competing in the Coastal Plain League.
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C.
Jefferson salamander
The Jefferson salamander is a slender, nocturnal mole salamander native to eastern North American woodlands, typically breeding in temporary woodland ponds in early spring.
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D.
California tiger salamander
The California tiger salamander is a large, secretive, black-and-yellow spotted amphibian native to California’s grasslands and vernal pool ecosystems, where it spends most of its life underground and is considered a threatened species.
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E.
Amami tip-nosed frog
The Amami tip-nosed frog is a rare, endemic frog species found only on Japan’s Amami Islands, known for its distinctive pointed snout and restricted subtropical forest habitat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
herpetological monograph
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scientific book ⓘ taxonomic monograph ⓘ |
| about |
family Plethodontidae in order Urodela
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lungless salamanders as a major salamander lineage ⓘ |
| audience |
evolutionary biologists
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herpetologists ⓘ taxonomists ⓘ |
| biologicalScope | lungless salamanders ⓘ |
| considered |
comprehensive treatment of Plethodontidae
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seminal work in herpetology ⓘ |
| contribution |
synthesizes biological information on Plethodontidae
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synthesizes taxonomic information on Plethodontidae ⓘ |
| covers |
adaptations of lungless salamanders
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classification of Plethodontidae ⓘ geographic variation in Plethodontidae ⓘ habitat associations of Plethodontidae ⓘ higher-level taxonomy of Plethodontidae ⓘ life history of Plethodontidae ⓘ species-level taxonomy of Plethodontidae ⓘ |
| describes |
behavior of Plethodontidae
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distribution of Plethodontidae ⓘ ecology of Plethodontidae ⓘ morphology of Plethodontidae ⓘ reproduction of Plethodontidae ⓘ |
| emphasis |
comprehensive biological treatment
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comprehensive taxonomic treatment ⓘ |
| field | herpetology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
biology of Plethodontidae
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natural history of lungless salamanders ⓘ systematics of lungless salamanders ⓘ taxonomy of Plethodontidae ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| subject |
Plethodontidae
NERFINISHED
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lungless salamanders ⓘ |
| taxonomicScope |
family Plethodontidae
NERFINISHED
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salamanders ⓘ |
| title | The Salamanders of the Family Plethodontidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
biological reference on lungless salamanders
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taxonomic reference on Plethodontidae ⓘ |
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Subject: The Salamanders of the Family Plethodontidae Description of subject: The Salamanders of the Family Plethodontidae is a seminal herpetological monograph that provides a comprehensive taxonomic and biological treatment of lungless salamanders.
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