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: Phrynomantis newtoni

Class: Amphibia

Order: Anura

Family: Mantellidae Laurent, 1946

Subfamily: Mantellinae Laurent, 1946

Genus: Mantella Boulenger, 1882

Species: Mantella baroni

Synonym: Phrynomantis maculatus Thominot, 1889

Family: Microhylidae Günther, 1858 (1843)

Subfamily: Asterophryinae Günther, 1858

Genus: Asterophrys Tschudi, 1838

Species: Asterophrys eurydactyla

Synonym: Phrynomantis eurydactyla Zweifel, 1972

Species: Asterophrys slateri

Synonym: Phrynomantis slateri Zweifel, 1972

Genus: Callulops Boulenger, 1888

Species: Callulops boettgeri

                Synonym: Phrynomantis boettgeri Zweifel, 1972
Synonym: Phrynomantis boettgeri Noble, 1926
            

Species: Callulops doriae

Synonym: Phrynomantis doriae Burton, 1986

Species: Callulops dubius

                Synonym: Phrynomantis dubius Zweifel, 1972
Synonym: Phrynomantis dubia Noble, 1926
            

Species: Callulops fuscus

Synonym: Phrynomantis fusca Peters, 1867

Species: Callulops glandulosus

Synonym: Phrynomantis glandulosa Zweifel, 1972

Species: Callulops humicola

Synonym: Phrynomantis humicola humicola Zweifel, 1972

Species: Callulops kopsteini

Synonym: Phrynomantis koptsteini Zweifel, 1972

Species: Callulops microtis

Synonym: Phrynomantis microtis Noble, 1926

Species: Callulops neuhaussi

Synonym: Phrynomantis neuhaussi Noble, 1926

Species: Callulops personatus

Synonym: Phrynomantis personata Zweifel, 1972

Species: Callulops robustus

                Synonym: Phrynomantis robusta Zweifel, 1972
Synonym: Phrynomantis robustus Noble, 1926
            

Species: Callulops stictogaster

Synonym: Phrynomantis stictogaster Zweifel, 1972

Species: Callulops wilhelmanus

Synonym: Phrynomantis wilhelmana Zweifel, 1972

Genus: Choerophryne Van Kampen, 1914

Species: Choerophryne variegata

Synonym: Phrynomantis variegatus Noble, 1926

Genus: Cophixalus Boettger, 1892

Species: Cophixalus montanus

Synonym: Phrynomantis montanus Noble, 1926

Species: Cophixalus ornatus

Synonym: Phrynomantis ornata Loveridge, 1935

Genus: Hylophorbus Macleay, 1878

Species: Hylophorbus infulatus

Synonym: Phrynomantis infulata Zweifel, 1972

Species: Hylophorbus rufescens

                Synonym: Phrynomantis ocellatus Noble, 1926
Synonym: Phrynomantis rufescens Noble, 1926
            

Genus: Mantophryne Boulenger, 1897

Species: Mantophryne lateralis

Synonym: Phrynomantis lateralis Zweifel, 1972

Species: Mantophryne louisiadensis

Synonym: Phrynomantis louisiadensis Zweifel, 1972

Genus: Oreophryne Boettger, 1895

Species: Oreophryne biroi

Synonym: Phrynomantis biroi Noble, 1926

Subfamily: Phrynomerinae Noble, 1931

Genus: Phrynomantis

Synonym: Phrynomantis Peters, 1867

Species: Phrynomantis affinis

                Synonym: Phrynomantis affinis Boulenger, 1901
Synonym: Phrynomantis affinis Dubois, 1988
            

Species: Phrynomantis annectens

                Synonym: Phrynomantis annectans Bauer and Branch, 2001
Synonym: Phrynomantis nasuta Methuen and Hewitt, 1913
Synonym: Phrynomantis annectens Dubois, 1988
Synonym: Phrynomantis annectens Werner, 1910
            

Species: Phrynomantis bifasciatus

                Synonym: Phrynomantis bifasciata Peters, 1867
Synonym: Phrynomantis bifasciatus Dubois, 1988
            

Species: Phrynomantis microps

                Synonym: Phrynomantis microps Dubois, 1988
Synonym: Phrynomantis microps Peters, 1875
            

Species: Phrynomantis newtoni

                Synonym: Phrynomantis newtoni Ceríaco, Santos, Marques, Bauer, and Tiutenko, 2021
            

Family: Petropedetidae Noble, 1931

Genus: Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874

Species: Petropedetes newtonii

Synonym: Petropedetes newtoni Boulenger, 1900

Family: Ptychadenidae Dubois, 1987

Genus: Ptychadena Boulenger, 1917

Species: Ptychadena newtoni

                Synonym: Rana newtoni Bocage, 1886
Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) newtoni De Witte, 1921
Synonym: Ptychadena newtoni Perret, 1976
Synonym: Ptychadena (Ptychadena) newtoni Dubois, 1992
            