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 "Amphibia" returned 366 results

Amphibia
Amphibia
Leptobrachella kajangensis (Grismer, Grismer, and Youmans, 2004)
Amphibia/Anura/Megophryidae/Leptobrachiinae/Leptobrachella/Leptobrachella-kajangensis
Nidirana Dubois, 1992
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Nidirana
Lissotriton kosswigi (Freytag, 1955)
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Lissotriton/Lissotriton-kosswigi
Lissotriton schmidtleri (Raxworthy, 1988)
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Lissotriton/Lissotriton-schmidtleri
Lissotriton lantzi (Wolterstorff, 1914)
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Lissotriton/Lissotriton-lantzi
Nidirana pleuraden (Boulenger, 1904)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Nidirana/Nidirana-pleuraden
Nidirana daunchina (Chang, 1933)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Nidirana/Nidirana-daunchina
Lissotriton graecus (Wolterstorff, 1906)
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Lissotriton/Lissotriton-graecus
Nidirana chapaensis (Bourret, 1937)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Nidirana/Nidirana-chapaensis
Ceratophrys joazeirensis Mercadal de Barrio, 1986
Amphibia/Anura/Ceratophryidae/Ceratophrys/Ceratophrys-joazeirensis
Ansonia torrentis Dring, 1983
Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Ansonia/Ansonia-torrentis
Philautus tectus Dring, 1987
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Philautus/Philautus-tectus
Leptobrachella brevicrus Dring, 1983
Amphibia/Anura/Megophryidae/Leptobrachiinae/Leptobrachella/Leptobrachella-brevicrus
Leptobrachella serasanae Dring, 1983
Amphibia/Anura/Megophryidae/Leptobrachiinae/Leptobrachella/Leptobrachella-serasanae
Proceratophrys avelinoi Mercadal de Barrio and Barrio, 1993
Amphibia/Anura/Odontophrynidae/Proceratophrys/Proceratophrys-avelinoi
Nidirana lini (Chou, 1999)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Nidirana/Nidirana-lini
Nidirana adenopleura (Boulenger, 1909)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Nidirana/Nidirana-adenopleura
Nidirana okinavana (Boettger, 1895)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Nidirana/Nidirana-okinavana
Sclerophrys mauritanica (Schlegel, 1841)
Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Sclerophrys/Sclerophrys-mauritanica
Pelophylax porosus (Cope, 1868)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Pelophylax/Pelophylax-porosus
Leptodactylus griseigularis (Henle, 1981)
Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Leptodactylinae/Leptodactylus/Leptodactylus-griseigularis
Physalaemus camacan Pimenta, Cruz, and Silvano, 2005
Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Leiuperinae/Physalaemus/Physalaemus-camacan
Boophis calcaratus Vallan, Vences, and Glaw, 2010
Amphibia/Anura/Mantellidae/Boophinae/Boophis/Boophis-calcaratus
Brachycephalus vertebralis Pombal, 2001
Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Brachycephalidae/Brachycephalus/Brachycephalus-vertebralis
Phrynobatrachus uzungwensis Grandison and Howell, 1983
Amphibia/Anura/Phrynobatrachidae/Phrynobatrachus/Phrynobatrachus-uzungwensis
Physalaemus irroratus Cruz, Nascimento, and Feio, 2007
Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Leiuperinae/Physalaemus/Physalaemus-irroratus
Elachistocleis skotogaster Lavilla, Vaira, and Ferrari, 2003
Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Gastrophryninae/Elachistocleis/Elachistocleis-skotogaster
Leptodactylus didymus Heyer, García-Lopez, and Cardoso, 1996
Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Leptodactylinae/Leptodactylus/Leptodactylus-didymus
Philautus umbra Dring, 1987
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Philautus/Philautus-umbra

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