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

Fritziana Mello-Leitão, 1937
Amphibia/Anura/Hemiphractidae/Fritziana
Elachistocleis haroi Pereyra, Akmentins, Laufer, and Vaira, 2013
Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Gastrophryninae/Elachistocleis/Elachistocleis-haroi
Ichthyophis asplenius Taylor, 1965
Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Ichthyophiidae/Ichthyophis/Ichthyophis-asplenius
Philautus amoenus Smith, 1931
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Philautus/Philautus-amoenus
Bokermannohyla hylax (Heyer, 1985)
Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Bokermannohyla/Bokermannohyla-hylax
Dendropsophus minimus (Ahl, 1933)
Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Dendropsophus/Dendropsophus-minimus
Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758
Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Caeciliidae/Caecilia
Rana italica Dubois, 1987
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Rana/Rana-italica
Discoglossus montalentii Lanza, Nascetti, Capula, and Bullini, 1984
Amphibia/Anura/Alytidae/Discoglossus/Discoglossus-montalentii
Limnomedusa macroglossa (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
Amphibia/Anura/Alsodidae/Limnomedusa/Limnomedusa-macroglossa
Ommatotriton Gray, 1850
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Ommatotriton
Lissotriton maltzani (Boettger, 1879)
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Lissotriton/Lissotriton-maltzani
Dryaderces inframaculata (Boulenger, 1882)
Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Dryaderces/Dryaderces-inframaculata
Alytes muletensis (Sanchíz and Adrover, 1979)
Amphibia/Anura/Alytidae/Alytes/Alytes-muletensis
Speleomantes supramontis (Lanza, Nascetti, and Bullini, 1986)
Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Plethodontinae/Speleomantes/Speleomantes-supramontis
Speleomantes flavus (Stefani, 1969)
Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Plethodontinae/Speleomantes/Speleomantes-flavus
Leptobrachella sungi (Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov, and Ho, 1998)
Amphibia/Anura/Megophryidae/Leptobrachiinae/Leptobrachella/Leptobrachella-sungi
Telmatobius bolivianus Parker, 1940
Amphibia/Anura/Telmatobiidae/Telmatobius/Telmatobius-bolivianus
Alytes Wagler, 1830
Amphibia/Anura/Alytidae/Alytes
Paradactylodon persicus (Eiselt and Steiner, 1970)
Amphibia/Caudata/Hynobiidae/Hynobiinae/Paradactylodon/Paradactylodon-persicus
Lissotriton vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Lissotriton/Lissotriton-vulgaris
Hemiphractidae Peters, 1862
Amphibia/Anura/Hemiphractidae
Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Pelophylax/Pelophylax-ridibundus
Triturus dobrogicus (Kiritzescu, 1903)
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Triturus/Triturus-dobrogicus
Lissotriton montandoni (Boulenger, 1880)
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Lissotriton/Lissotriton-montandoni
Pelophylax saharicus (Boulenger, 1913)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Pelophylax/Pelophylax-saharicus
Mantella pulchra Parker, 1925
Amphibia/Anura/Mantellidae/Mantellinae/Mantella/Mantella-pulchra
Rana pyrenaica Serra-Cobo, 1993
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Rana/Rana-pyrenaica
Eleutherodactylus guantanamera Hedges, Estrada, and Thomas, 1992
Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Eleutherodactylidae/Eleutherodactylinae/Eleutherodactylus/Eleutherodactylus-guantanamera
Telmatobufo Schmidt, 1952
Amphibia/Anura/Calyptocephalellidae/Telmatobufo

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