Squamata
E124639
Squamata is the large order of reptiles that includes all lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians, characterized by their scaled skin and movable quadrate bones.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Squamata canonical | 55 |
| Lacertilia | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1054036 — 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: Squamata Context triple: [Burmese python, order, Squamata]
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A.
Reptilia
Reptilia is a major vertebrate class comprising reptiles such as turtles, lizards, snakes, and crocodiles, typically characterized by scaly skin and laying shelled eggs on land.
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B.
Cryptodira
Cryptodira is a major suborder of turtles characterized by their ability to retract the head straight back into the shell by bending the neck in a vertical S-shaped curve.
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C.
Testudines
Testudines is the taxonomic order of reptiles that includes all turtles and tortoises, characterized by a bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs.
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D.
Alligatoridae
Alligatoridae is a family of reptiles that includes alligators and caimans, characterized by broad snouts and semi-aquatic lifestyles in freshwater habitats.
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E.
Testudinoidea
Testudinoidea is a large superfamily of turtles that includes many familiar land and freshwater species such as tortoises and pond turtles.
- 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: Squamata Target entity description: Squamata is the large order of reptiles that includes all lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians, characterized by their scaled skin and movable quadrate bones.
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A.
Reptilia
Reptilia is a major vertebrate class comprising reptiles such as turtles, lizards, snakes, and crocodiles, typically characterized by scaly skin and laying shelled eggs on land.
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B.
Cryptodira
Cryptodira is a major suborder of turtles characterized by their ability to retract the head straight back into the shell by bending the neck in a vertical S-shaped curve.
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C.
Testudines
Testudines is the taxonomic order of reptiles that includes all turtles and tortoises, characterized by a bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs.
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D.
Alligatoridae
Alligatoridae is a family of reptiles that includes alligators and caimans, characterized by broad snouts and semi-aquatic lifestyles in freshwater habitats.
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E.
Testudinoidea
Testudinoidea is a large superfamily of turtles that includes many familiar land and freshwater species such as tortoises and pond turtles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
ⓘ
order ⓘ taxonomic group ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| containsSuborder |
Amphisbaenia
ⓘ
Lacertilia ⓘ
linked to:
Squamata
Serpentes ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide except Antarctica ⓘ |
| estimatedSpeciesCount | over 11000 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Late Triassic ⓘ |
| geologicalFirstAppearance | Mesozoic Era ⓘ |
| habitat |
arboreal environments
ⓘ
fossorial environments ⓘ freshwater environments ⓘ marine environments ⓘ terrestrial environments ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
cranial kinesis in many species
ⓘ
determinant growth ⓘ ecdysis ⓘ ectothermy ⓘ hemipenes in males ⓘ internal fertilization ⓘ keratinized epidermal scales ⓘ movable quadrate bone ⓘ paired copulatory organs ⓘ scaled skin ⓘ |
| hasLivingRepresentatives | true ⓘ |
| hasSubclade |
Amphisbaenia
ⓘ
Anguimorpha ⓘ Gekkota ⓘ Iguania ⓘ Scincomorpha ⓘ Scleroglossa ⓘ Serpentes ⓘ |
| includes |
amphisbaenians
ⓘ
lizard ⓘ snakes ⓘ worm lizards ⓘ |
| infraclass |
Lepidosauromorpha
ⓘ
linked to:
Rhynchocephalia
|
| isMostSpeciesRichOrderOf | Reptilia ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Lepidosauria ⓘ |
| isSisterGroupOf | Rhynchocephalia ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductionMode |
oviparous in many species
ⓘ
viviparous in some species ⓘ |
| subclass | Diapsida ⓘ |
| subphylum | Vertebrata ⓘ |
| superorder |
Lepidosauria
ⓘ
linked to:
Rhynchocephalia
|
| taxonRank | order ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Squamata Description of subject: Squamata is the large order of reptiles that includes all lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians, characterized by their scaled skin and movable quadrate bones.
Referenced by (57)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Squamata
subject linked to:
sidewinder rattlesnake
subject linked to:
Canary Islands lizard (Gallotia galloti)