Amphibian Species of the World

Search tool	Example of search string in box	What that means to the database
* = "wildcard". Allows a partial letter string to be entered and implies either no or various extension on this letter string	Hyl*	Will find all uses of "Hyl . . ." anywhere in a record: e.g., Hylarana, Hyla, Hylidae, Hylinae, Hylaedactyla.
* = "wildcard". Allows a partial letter string to be entered and implies either no or various extension on this letter string	*Hyla	Will find all uses of ". . . hyla" anywhere in a record: e.g., Hyla, Hylidae, Plectrohyla, Ptychadena hylaea, Adenomera hylaedactyla
	Hyla	Will find all records that contain stand-alone uses of Hyla: e.g., Hyla, Hyla arenicolor
Strings of words without quotation marks	Lithobates pipiens	Interprets this as "Lithobates OR pipiens" so will find the union of all records that contain either "Lithobates" or "pipiens": e.g., Lithobates omiltemanus, Hylorana pipiens
Strings of word with quotation marks	"Lithobates pipiens"	Interprets this as "Lithobates AND pipiens" so will return all records that have the character string "Lithobates pipiens" anywhere within a record: e.g., all members of the Lithobates pipiens complex.
AND statement. Means that the results of the search must include both words held together by an AND	Lithobates AND pipiens	Same as "Lithobates pipiens"
OR statement. Means that the results of the search will all records that have either of the terms held together by an OR	Lithobates OR "Costa Rica"	Recovers all records that contain the word "Lithobates" or "Costa Rica": 402 records inasmuch as this will include all records for the entire amphibian fauna of Costa Rica
Combining Boolean operators within the Basic Search box (AND, OR, NOT, quotation marks)	Lithobates AND "Costa Rica" NOT forreri	Recovers only records that contain the word Lithobates AND "Costa Rica", but excludes any record that contains the word "forreri" in any part of the record: 9 records
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Search tool	Example of search string in box	What that means to the database
* = "wildcard". Allows a partial letter string to be entered and implies either no or various extension on this letter string	Hyl*	Will find all uses of "Hyl . . ." anywhere in a record: e.g., Hylarana, Hyla, Hylidae, Hylinae, Hylaedactyla.
* = "wildcard". Allows a partial letter string to be entered and implies either no or various extension on this letter string	*Hyla	Will find all uses of ". . . hyla" anywhere in a record: e.g., Hyla, Hylidae, Plectrohyla, Ptychadena hylaea, Adenomera hylaedactyla
Single word	Hyla	Will find all records that contain stand-alone uses of Hyla: e.g., Hyla, Hyla arenicolor
Strings of words without quotation marks	Lithobates pipiens	Interprets this as "Lithobates OR pipiens" so will find the union of all records that contain either "Lithobates" or "pipiens": e.g., Lithobates omiltemanus, Hylorana pipiens
Strings of word with quotation marks	"Lithobates pipiens"	Interprets this as "Lithobates AND pipiens" so will return all records that have the character string "Lithobates pipiens" anywhere within a record: e.g., all members of the Lithobates pipiens complex.
AND statement. Means that the results of the search must include both words held together by an AND	Lithobates AND pipiens	Same as "Lithobates pipiens"
OR statement. Means that the results of the search will all records that have either of the terms held together by an OR	Lithobates OR "Costa Rica"	Recovers all records that contain the word "Lithobates" or "Costa Rica": 402 records inasmuch as this will include all records for the entire amphibian fauna of Costa Rica
Combining Boolean operators within the Basic Search box (AND, OR, NOT, quotation marks)	Lithobates AND "Costa Rica" NOT forreri	Recovers only records that contain the word Lithobates AND "Costa Rica", but excludes any record that contains the word "forreri" in any part of the record: 9 records
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Search for Taxon: Leptodactylodon axillaris

Class: Amphibia

Order: Anura

Family: Arthroleptidae Mivart, 1869

Subfamily: Astylosterninae Noble, 1927

Genus: Leptodactylodon

Synonym: Leptodactylodon Andersson, 1903

Species: Leptodactylodon albiventris

                Synonym: Leptodactylodon albiventris albiventris Amiet, 1981
Synonym: Leptodactylodon albiventris Nieden, 1908
            

Species: Leptodactylodon axillaris

Synonym: Leptodactylodon axillaris Amiet, 1971

Species: Leptodactylodon bicolor

Synonym: Leptodactylodon bicolor Amiet, 1971

Species: Leptodactylodon blanci

Synonym: Leptodactylodon blanci Ohler, 1999

Species: Leptodactylodon boulengeri

                Synonym: Leptodactylodon bamilekianus Amiet, 1971
Synonym: Leptodactylodon boulengeri Nieden, 1910
            

Species: Leptodactylodon bueanus

                Synonym: Leptodactylodon albiventris bueanus Amiet, 1981
Synonym: Leptodactylodon bueanus Amiet and Dowsett-Lemaire, 2000
            

Species: Leptodactylodon erythrogaster

Synonym: Leptodactylodon erythrogaster Amiet, 1971

Species: Leptodactylodon mertensi

Synonym: Leptodactylodon mertensi Perret, 1959

Species: Leptodactylodon ornatus

                Synonym: Leptodactylodon ornatus Amiet, 1971
Synonym: Leptodactylodon ornatus permaculatus Amiet, 1971
            

Species: Leptodactylodon ovatus

                Synonym: Leptodactylodon ovatus Andersson, 1903
Synonym: Leptodactylodon ovatus ovatus Parker, 1936
Synonym: Leptodactylodon ovatus Perret, 1959
Synonym: Leptodactylodon ornatus orientalis Amiet, 1971
Synonym: Leptodactylodon ovatus orientalis Ohler, 1999
            

Species: Leptodactylodon perreti

Synonym: Leptodactylodon perreti Amiet, 1971

Species: Leptodactylodon polyacanthus

                Synonym: Leptodactylodon polyacanthus punctiventris Amiet, 1971
Synonym: Leptodactylodon polyacanthus polyacanthus Amiet, 1971
Synonym: Leptodactylodon polyacanthus Amiet, 1971
            

Species: Leptodactylodon stevarti

Synonym: Leptodactylodon stevarti Rödel and Pauwels, 2003

Species: Leptodactylodon ventrimarmoratus

                Synonym: Leptodactylodon ovatus ventrimarmoratus Parker, 1936
Synonym: Leptodactylodon ventrimarmoratus Perret, 1959
            

Species: Leptodactylodon wildi

Synonym: Leptodactylodon wildi Amiet and Dowsett-Lemaire, 2000

Family: Pelodryadidae Günther, 1858

Subfamily: Litoriinae Dubois and Frétey, 2016

Genus: Litoria Tschudi, 1838

Species: Litoria axillaris

Synonym: Litoria axillaris Doughty, 2011

Family: Pyxicephalidae Bonaparte, 1850

Subfamily: Pyxicephalinae Bonaparte, 1850

Genus: Aubria Boulenger, 1917

Species: Aubria subsigillata

Synonym: Leptodactylodon ventrimaculata Laurent, 1946