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 363 results

Hydromantes platycephalus (Camp, 1916)
Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Plethodontinae/Hydromantes/Hydromantes-platycephalus
Hydromantes shastae Gorman and Camp, 1953
Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Plethodontinae/Hydromantes/Hydromantes-shastae
Raorchestes dubois (Biju and Bossuyt, 2006)
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Raorchestes/Raorchestes-dubois
Ceratobatrachinae Boulenger, 1884
Amphibia/Anura/Ceratobatrachidae/Ceratobatrachinae
Pristimantis museosus (Ibáñez, Jaramillo, and Arosemena, 1994)
Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Strabomantidae/Pristimantinae/Pristimantis/Pristimantis-museosus
Pristimantis lirellus (Dwyer, 1995)
Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Strabomantidae/Pristimantinae/Pristimantis/Pristimantis-lirellus
Ameerega planipaleae (Morales and Velazco, 1998)
Amphibia/Anura/Dendrobatoidea/Dendrobatidae/Colostethinae/Ameerega/Ameerega-planipaleae
Fritziana ohausi (Wandolleck, 1907)
Amphibia/Anura/Hemiphractidae/Fritziana/Fritziana-ohausi
Fritziana goeldii (Boulenger, 1895)
Amphibia/Anura/Hemiphractidae/Fritziana/Fritziana-goeldii
Gastrotheca antoniiochoai (De la Riva and Chaparro, 2005)
Amphibia/Anura/Hemiphractidae/Gastrotheca/Gastrotheca-antoniiochoai
Caecilia mertensi Taylor, 1973
Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Caeciliidae/Caecilia/Caecilia-mertensi
Fritziana fissilis (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)
Amphibia/Anura/Hemiphractidae/Fritziana/Fritziana-fissilis
Leptobrachella nahangensis (Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov, and Ho, 1998)
Amphibia/Anura/Megophryidae/Leptobrachiinae/Leptobrachella/Leptobrachella-nahangensis
Ceratobatrachidae Boulenger, 1884
Amphibia/Anura/Ceratobatrachidae
Osteocephalus mimeticus (Melin, 1941)
Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Osteocephalus/Osteocephalus-mimeticus
Hyla perrini Dufresnes, Mazepa, Rodrigues, Brelsford, Litvinchuk, Sermier, Lavanchy, Betto-Colliard, Blaser, Borzée, Cavoto, Fabre, Ghali, Grossen, Horn, Leuenberger, Phillips, Saunders, Savary, Maddalena, Stöck, Dubey, Canestrelli, and Jeffries, 2018
Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Hyla/Hyla-perrini
Elachistocleis bicolor (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)
Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Gastrophryninae/Elachistocleis/Elachistocleis-bicolor
Hyla intermedia Boulenger, 1882
Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Hyla/Hyla-intermedia
Gephyromantis leucocephalus Angel, 1930
Amphibia/Anura/Mantellidae/Mantellinae/Gephyromantis/Gephyromantis-leucocephalus
Phrynobatrachus bequaerti (Barbour and Loveridge, 1929)
Amphibia/Anura/Phrynobatrachidae/Phrynobatrachus/Phrynobatrachus-bequaerti
Alsodes vanzolinii (Donoso-Barros, 1974)
Amphibia/Anura/Alsodidae/Alsodes/Alsodes-vanzolinii
Dicamptodon Strauch, 1870
Amphibia/Caudata/Ambystomatidae/Dicamptodon
Alsodes verrucosus (Philippi, 1902)
Amphibia/Anura/Alsodidae/Alsodes/Alsodes-verrucosus
Physalaemus aguirrei Bokermann, 1966
Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Leiuperinae/Physalaemus/Physalaemus-aguirrei
Leptodactylus pustulatus (Peters, 1870)
Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Leptodactylinae/Leptodactylus/Leptodactylus-pustulatus
Ceratophrys Wied-Neuwied, 1824
Amphibia/Anura/Ceratophryidae/Ceratophrys
Discoglossus galganoi Capula, Nascetti, Lanza, Bullini, and Crespo, 1985
Amphibia/Anura/Alytidae/Discoglossus/Discoglossus-galganoi
Mantella laevigata Methuen and Hewitt, 1913
Amphibia/Anura/Mantellidae/Mantellinae/Mantella/Mantella-laevigata
Schistometopum Parker, 1941
Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Dermophiidae/Schistometopum
Alsodes nodosus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
Amphibia/Anura/Alsodidae/Alsodes/Alsodes-nodosus

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