Anaxyrus
E533557
Anaxyrus is a genus of true toads native mainly to North and Central America, encompassing several well-known terrestrial species.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anaxyrus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5574025 — 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: Anaxyrus Context triple: [Anaxyrus americanus, genus, Anaxyrus]
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A.
Anaxyrus americanus
Anaxyrus americanus, commonly known as the American toad, is a widespread North American toad species recognized for its warty skin and distinctive high-pitched trill.
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B.
Bufo
Bufo is a genus of so-called “true toads,” comprising many common, warty-skinned terrestrial toad species found across much of the world.
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C.
Rana draytonii
Rana draytonii is a threatened species of large, semi-aquatic frog native to California and the western United States, known for its distinctive reddish hind legs and importance in local wetland ecosystems.
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D.
Rhinella marina
Rhinella marina, commonly known as the cane toad, is a large, highly toxic, and invasive amphibian species native to Central and South America and introduced widely for pest control.
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E.
Bufo alvarius
Bufo alvarius is a large, toxic toad native to the Sonoran Desert, notable for secreting the powerful psychoactive compound 5-MeO-DMT from its skin glands.
- 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: Anaxyrus Target entity description: Anaxyrus is a genus of true toads native mainly to North and Central America, encompassing several well-known terrestrial species.
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A.
Anaxyrus americanus
Anaxyrus americanus, commonly known as the American toad, is a widespread North American toad species recognized for its warty skin and distinctive high-pitched trill.
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B.
Bufo
Bufo is a genus of so-called “true toads,” comprising many common, warty-skinned terrestrial toad species found across much of the world.
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C.
Rana draytonii
Rana draytonii is a threatened species of large, semi-aquatic frog native to California and the western United States, known for its distinctive reddish hind legs and importance in local wetland ecosystems.
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D.
Rhinella marina
Rhinella marina, commonly known as the cane toad, is a large, highly toxic, and invasive amphibian species native to Central and South America and introduced widely for pest control.
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E.
Bufo alvarius
Bufo alvarius is a large, toxic toad native to the Sonoran Desert, notable for secreting the powerful psychoactive compound 5-MeO-DMT from its skin glands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| class | Amphibia ⓘ |
| commonName | true toads ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Anaxyrus americanus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anaxyrus boreas NERFINISHED ⓘ Anaxyrus californicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Anaxyrus canorus NERFINISHED ⓘ Anaxyrus cognatus ⓘ Anaxyrus compactilis NERFINISHED ⓘ Anaxyrus debilis NERFINISHED ⓘ Anaxyrus exsul NERFINISHED ⓘ Anaxyrus fowleri NERFINISHED ⓘ Anaxyrus hemiophrys NERFINISHED ⓘ Anaxyrus microscaphus NERFINISHED ⓘ Anaxyrus nelsoni NERFINISHED ⓘ Anaxyrus punctatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Anaxyrus quercicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Anaxyrus retiformis NERFINISHED ⓘ Anaxyrus terrestris NERFINISHED ⓘ Anaxyrus woodhousii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defenseMechanism | toxic skin secretions ⓘ |
| developmentType | metamorphosis ⓘ |
| diet | invertebrates ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| ecologicalRole | insect predator ⓘ |
| family | Bufonidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
deserts
ⓘ
forests ⓘ grasslands ⓘ terrestrial habitats ⓘ |
| hasGland | parotoid glands ⓘ |
| hasLifeStage |
adult toad
ⓘ
tadpole ⓘ |
| hasSkin | warty skin ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
saltation
ⓘ
walking ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central America
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| order | Anura ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Bufonidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| respiration |
cutaneous respiration
ⓘ
lungs ⓘ |
| skeletonType | vertebrate ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Anaxyrus Description of subject: Anaxyrus is a genus of true toads native mainly to North and Central America, encompassing several well-known terrestrial species.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.