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

Brachycephalus Fitzinger, 1826
Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Brachycephalidae/Brachycephalus
Boophis solomaso Vallan, Vences, and Glaw, 2003
Amphibia/Anura/Mantellidae/Boophinae/Boophis/Boophis-solomaso
Boophis lichenoides Vallan, Glaw, Andreone, and Cadle, 1998
Amphibia/Anura/Mantellidae/Boophinae/Boophis/Boophis-lichenoides
Gephyromantis salegy (Andreone, Aprea, Vences, and Odierna, 2003)
Amphibia/Anura/Mantellidae/Mantellinae/Gephyromantis/Gephyromantis-salegy
Boophis liami Vallan, Vences, and Glaw, 2003
Amphibia/Anura/Mantellidae/Boophinae/Boophis/Boophis-liami
Rana tavasensis Baran and Atatür, 1986
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Rana/Rana-tavasensis
Diasporus tigrillo (Savage, 1997)
Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Eleutherodactylidae/Eleutherodactylinae/Diasporus/Diasporus-tigrillo
Hydromantes brunus Gorman, 1954
Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Plethodontinae/Hydromantes/Hydromantes-brunus
Raorchestes anili (Biju and Bossuyt, 2006)
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Raorchestes/Raorchestes-anili
Oreobates zongoensis (Reichle and Köhler, 1997)
Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Strabomantidae/Pristimantinae/Oreobates/Oreobates-zongoensis
Hyloscirtus Peters, 1882
Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Hyloscirtus
Bufotes balearicus (Boettger, 1880)
Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Bufotes/Bufotes-balearicus
Pelophylax lessonae (Camerano, 1882)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Pelophylax/Pelophylax-lessonae
Bufotes viridis (Laurenti, 1768)
Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Bufotes/Bufotes-viridis
Paradactylodon Risch, 1984
Amphibia/Caudata/Hynobiidae/Hynobiinae/Paradactylodon
Philautus longicrus (Boulenger, 1894)
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Philautus/Philautus-longicrus
Philautus petersi (Boulenger, 1900)
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Philautus/Philautus-petersi
Lissotriton Bell, 1839
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Lissotriton
Leptobrachella baluensis Smith, 1931
Amphibia/Anura/Megophryidae/Leptobrachiinae/Leptobrachella/Leptobrachella-baluensis
Phasmahyla cochranae (Bokermann, 1966)
Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Phyllomedusinae/Phasmahyla/Phasmahyla-cochranae
Phasmahyla guttata (Lutz, 1924)
Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Phyllomedusinae/Phasmahyla/Phasmahyla-guttata
Aplastodiscus ehrhardti (Müller, 1924)
Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Aplastodiscus/Aplastodiscus-ehrhardti
Scinax rizibilis (Bokermann, 1964)
Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Scinax/Scinax-rizibilis
Oscaecilia Taylor, 1968
Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Caeciliidae/Oscaecilia
Craugastor uno (Savage, 1985)
Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Craugastoridae/Craugastor/Craugastor-uno
Sechellophryne gardineri (Boulenger, 1911)
Amphibia/Anura/Sooglossidae/Sechellophryne/Sechellophryne-gardineri
Bufotes perrini Mazepa, Litvinchuk, Jablonski, Dufresnes, 2019
Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Bufotes/Bufotes-perrini
Nanorana mokokchungensis (Das and Chanda, 2000)
Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Nanorana/Nanorana-mokokchungensis
Pristimantis skydmainos (Flores and Rodriguez, 1997)
Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Strabomantidae/Pristimantinae/Pristimantis/Pristimantis-skydmainos
Dendropsophus branneri (Cochran, 1948)
Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Dendropsophus/Dendropsophus-branneri

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