Xenopeltis
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Xenopeltis is a small genus of nonvenomous, iridescent-scaled snakes commonly known as sunbeam snakes, native to Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xenopeltis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6978609 — 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: Xenopeltis Context triple: [Pythonidae, includesGenus, Xenopeltis]
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A.
Gymnops
Gymnops is a genus of New World vultures in the family Cathartidae, comprising large scavenging birds specialized in feeding on carrion.
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B.
Pachydactylus
Pachydactylus is a diverse genus of small, nocturnal geckos native mainly to arid and semi-arid regions of southern Africa.
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C.
Lagorchestes
Lagorchestes is a genus of small, fast-moving Australian marsupials commonly known as hare-wallabies, belonging to the kangaroo family.
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D.
Cerapachys
Cerapachys is a genus of predatory, army ant–like ants known for their specialized raiding behavior and placement within the subfamily Dorylinae.
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E.
Urocitellus
Urocitellus is a genus of ground squirrels native to North America, known for their burrowing behavior and adaptation to open grassland and steppe habitats.
- 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: Xenopeltis Target entity description: Xenopeltis is a small genus of nonvenomous, iridescent-scaled snakes commonly known as sunbeam snakes, native to Southeast Asia.
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A.
Gymnops
Gymnops is a genus of New World vultures in the family Cathartidae, comprising large scavenging birds specialized in feeding on carrion.
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B.
Pachydactylus
Pachydactylus is a diverse genus of small, nocturnal geckos native mainly to arid and semi-arid regions of southern Africa.
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C.
Lagorchestes
Lagorchestes is a genus of small, fast-moving Australian marsupials commonly known as hare-wallabies, belonging to the kangaroo family.
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D.
Cerapachys
Cerapachys is a genus of predatory, army ant–like ants known for their specialized raiding behavior and placement within the subfamily Dorylinae.
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E.
Urocitellus
Urocitellus is a genus of ground squirrels native to North America, known for their burrowing behavior and adaptation to open grassland and steppe habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
snake genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| behavior | fossorial ⓘ |
| bodyForm | cylindrical body ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coloration |
dark brown to black dorsally
ⓘ
lighter ventrally ⓘ |
| commonName | sunbeam snakes ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Xenopeltis hainanensis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Xenopeltis unicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet |
frogs
ⓘ
lizards ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| family | Xenopeltidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | John Edward Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1849 ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Sundaland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| habitat |
agricultural land
ⓘ
moist lowland areas ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasHeadShape | wedge-shaped head ⓘ |
| hasIridescentScales | true ⓘ |
| hasUniqueFamily | monotypic family Xenopeltidae ⓘ |
| iridescenceCause | microstructure of scales ⓘ |
| isMedicallySignificantToHumans | false ⓘ |
| isVenomous | false ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Cambodia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ southern China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Squamata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| scaleCharacteristic | highly polished dorsal scales ⓘ |
| tailCharacteristic | short tail ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| vernacularName | sunbeam snake genus ⓘ |
| vernacularNameLanguage | English ⓘ |
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: Xenopeltis Description of subject: Xenopeltis is a small genus of nonvenomous, iridescent-scaled snakes commonly known as sunbeam snakes, native to Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.