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 "Anura" returned 23 results

Anura
Amphibia/Anura
Bufo Garsault, 1764
Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Bufo
Theloderma nagalandense Orlov, Dutta, Ghate, and Kent, 2006
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Theloderma/Theloderma-nagalandense
Zhangixalus viridis (Hallowell, 1861)
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Zhangixalus/Zhangixalus-viridis
Rana tsushimensis Stejneger, 1907
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Rana/Rana-tsushimensis
Zhangixalus schlegelii (Günther, 1858)
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Zhangixalus/Zhangixalus-schlegelii
Brachycephalidae Günther, 1858
Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Brachycephalidae
Buergeria buergeri (Temminck and Schlegel, 1838)
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Buergeriinae/Buergeria/Buergeria-buergeri
Limnonectes namiyei (Stejneger, 1901)
Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Limnonectes/Limnonectes-namiyei
Rana ornativentris Werner, 1903
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Rana/Rana-ornativentris
Rana chensinensis David, 1875
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Rana/Rana-chensinensis
Babina Thompson, 1912
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Babina
Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin, 1802)
Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Hoplobatrachus/Hoplobatrachus-tigerinus
Bufo praetextatus Boie, 1826
Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Bufo/Bufo-praetextatus
Pelophylax porosus (Cope, 1868)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Pelophylax/Pelophylax-porosus
Fejervarya sakishimensis Matsui, Toda, and Ota, 2008
Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Fejervarya/Fejervarya-sakishimensis
Odorrana narina (Stejneger, 1901)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Odorrana/Odorrana-narina
Buergeria japonica (Hallowell, 1861)
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Buergeriinae/Buergeria/Buergeria-japonica
Glandirana rugosa (Temminck and Schlegel, 1838)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Glandirana/Glandirana-rugosa
Brachycephaloidea Günther, 1858
Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea
Amphibia
Amphibia
Gymnophiona
Amphibia/Gymnophiona
Polypedates leucomystax (Gravenhorst, 1829)
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Polypedates/Polypedates-leucomystax