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

Dendrobatoidea Cope, 1865
Amphibia/Anura/Dendrobatoidea
Hyperolius glandicolor Peters, 1878
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-glandicolor
Platymantis Günther, 1858
Amphibia/Anura/Ceratobatrachidae/Ceratobatrachinae/Platymantis
Mantella Boulenger, 1882
Amphibia/Anura/Mantellidae/Mantellinae/Mantella
Pelobates vespertinus (Pallas, 1771)
Amphibia/Anura/Pelobatidae/Pelobates/Pelobates-vespertinus
Ambystoma Tschudi, 1838
Amphibia/Caudata/Ambystomatidae/Ambystoma
Ambystoma mavortium Baird, 1850
Amphibia/Caudata/Ambystomatidae/Ambystoma/Ambystoma-mavortium
Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae
Philautus Gistel, 1848
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Philautus
Leptobrachium hendricksoni Taylor, 1962
Amphibia/Anura/Megophryidae/Leptobrachiinae/Leptobrachium/Leptobrachium-hendricksoni
Alytes obstetricans (Laurenti, 1768)
Amphibia/Anura/Alytidae/Alytes/Alytes-obstetricans
Salamandra atra Laurenti, 1768
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Salamandrinae/Salamandra/Salamandra-atra
Triturus cristatus (Laurenti, 1768)
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Triturus/Triturus-cristatus
Andrias Tschudi, 1837
Amphibia/Caudata/Cryptobranchidae/Andrias
Typhlonectidae Taylor, 1968
Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Typhlonectidae
Caeciliidae Rafinesque, 1814
Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Caeciliidae
Bufo verrucosissimus (Pallas, 1814)
Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Bufo/Bufo-verrucosissimus
Odontophrynus americanus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
Amphibia/Anura/Odontophrynidae/Odontophrynus/Odontophrynus-americanus
Hynobius Tschudi, 1838
Amphibia/Caudata/Hynobiidae/Hynobiinae/Hynobius
Desmognathus kanawha Pyron and Beamer, 2022
Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Plethodontinae/Desmognathus/Desmognathus-kanawha
Desmognathus gvnigeusgwotli Pyron and Beamer, 2022
Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Plethodontinae/Desmognathus/Desmognathus-gvnigeusgwotli
Desmognathus amphileucus (Bishop, 1941)
Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Plethodontinae/Desmognathus/Desmognathus-amphileucus
Desmognathus mavrokoilius Pyron and Beamer, 2022
Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Plethodontinae/Desmognathus/Desmognathus-mavrokoilius
Alytidae Fitzinger, 1843
Amphibia/Anura/Alytidae
Hylodidae Günther, 1858
Amphibia/Anura/Hylodidae
Pelophylax epeiroticus (Schneider, Sofianidou, and Kyriakopoulou-Sklavounou, 1984)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Pelophylax/Pelophylax-epeiroticus
Hyperolius marmoratus Rapp, 1842
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-marmoratus
Ichthyosaura alpestris (Laurenti, 1768)
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Ichthyosaura/Ichthyosaura-alpestris
Caudata
Amphibia/Caudata
Rana macrocnemis Boulenger, 1885
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Rana/Rana-macrocnemis

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