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

Philautus vermiculatus (Boulenger, 1900)
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Philautus/Philautus-vermiculatus
Leptodactylinae Werner, 1896 (1838)
Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Leptodactylinae
Salamandra algira Bedriaga, 1883
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Salamandrinae/Salamandra/Salamandra-algira
Triturus Rafinesque, 1815
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Triturus
Hyla molleri Bedriaga, 1889
Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Hyla/Hyla-molleri
Triturus pygmaeus (Wolterstorff, 1905)
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Triturus/Triturus-pygmaeus
Dermophis Peters, 1880
Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Dermophiidae/Dermophis
Discoglossus sardus Tschudi, 1837
Amphibia/Anura/Alytidae/Discoglossus/Discoglossus-sardus
Hylodes Fitzinger, 1826
Amphibia/Anura/Hylodidae/Hylodes
Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926
Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Leiuperinae/Pseudopaludicola
Eleutherodactylus auriculatus (Cope, 1862)
Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Eleutherodactylidae/Eleutherodactylinae/Eleutherodactylus/Eleutherodactylus-auriculatus
Atelopus hoogmoedi Lescure, 1974
Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Atelopus/Atelopus-hoogmoedi
Amolops daiyunensis (Liu and Hu, 1975)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Amolops/Amolops-daiyunensis
Indirana beddomii (Günther, 1876)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranixalidae/Indirana/Indirana-beddomii
Mantella cowanii Boulenger, 1882
Amphibia/Anura/Mantellidae/Mantellinae/Mantella/Mantella-cowanii
Philautus aurifasciatus (Schlegel, 1837)
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Philautus/Philautus-aurifasciatus
Paratelmatobius Lutz and Carvalho, 1958
Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Paratelmatobiinae/Paratelmatobius
Neobatrachus Peters, 1863
Amphibia/Anura/Myobatrachoidea/Limnodynastidae/Neobatrachus
Rheobatrachus Liem, 1973
Amphibia/Anura/Myobatrachoidea/Myobatrachidae/Rheobatrachus
Eleutherodactylus limbatus (Cope, 1862)
Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Eleutherodactylidae/Eleutherodactylinae/Eleutherodactylus/Eleutherodactylus-limbatus
Eleutherodactylus cuneatus (Cope, 1862)
Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Eleutherodactylidae/Eleutherodactylinae/Eleutherodactylus/Eleutherodactylus-cuneatus
Amphiumidae Gray, 1825
Amphibia/Caudata/Amphiumidae
Scolecomorphidae Taylor, 1969
Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Scolecomorphidae
Rhinatrematidae Nussbaum, 1977
Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Rhinatrematidae
Neurergus strauchii (Steindachner, 1887)
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Neurergus/Neurergus-strauchii
Elachistocleis surinamensis (Daudin, 1802)
Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Gastrophryninae/Elachistocleis/Elachistocleis-surinamensis
Atelopus spumarius Cope, 1871
Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Atelopus/Atelopus-spumarius
Philautus larutensis (Boulenger, 1900)
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Philautus/Philautus-larutensis
Xenopus petersii Bocage, 1895
Amphibia/Anura/Pipidae/Dactylethrinae/Xenopus/Xenopus-petersii
Leptodactylus bufonius Boulenger, 1894
Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Leptodactylinae/Leptodactylus/Leptodactylus-bufonius

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