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 Taxon: Anaxyrus kelloggi

Class: Amphibia

Order: Anura

Family: Bufonidae

Genus: Anaxyrus

Synonym: Anaxyrus Tschudi, 1845

Species: Anaxyrus americanus

                Synonym: Anaxyrus americanus charlesmithi Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008
Synonym: Anaxyrus charlesmithi Fontenot, Makowsky, and Chippindale, 2011
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) americanus americanus Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) americanus charlesmithi Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
Synonym: Anaxyrus americanus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Anaxyrus americanus americanus Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008
            

Species: Anaxyrus baxteri

                Synonym: Anaxyrus baxteri Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) baxteri Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus boreas

                Synonym: Anaxyrus boreas Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Anaxyrus boreas halophilus Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008
Synonym: Anaxyrus boreas boreas Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) boreas Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) boreas halophilus Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) boreas boreas Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus californicus

                Synonym: Anaxyrus californicus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) californicus Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus canorus

                Synonym: Anaxyrus canorus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) canorus Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus cognatus

                Synonym: Anaxyrus cognatus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) cognatus Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus compactilis

                Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) compactilis Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
Synonym: Anaxyrus melancholicus Tschudi, 1845
Synonym: Anaxyrus compactilis Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
            

Species: Anaxyrus debilis

                Synonym: Anaxyrus debilis Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Anaxyrus debilis insidior Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008
Synonym: Anaxyrus debilis debilis Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) debilis Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus exsul

                Synonym: Anaxyrus exsul Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) exsul Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus fowleri

                Synonym: Anaxyrus fowleri Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) fowleri Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus hemiophrys

                Synonym: Anaxyrus hemiophrys Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) hemiophrys Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus houstonensis

                Synonym: Anaxyrus houstonensis Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) houstonensis Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus kelloggi

                Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) kelloggi Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
Synonym: Anaxyrus kelloggi Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo kelloggi Taylor, 1938
Synonym: Bufo debilis kelloggi Sanders and Smith, 1951
Synonym: Bufo kelloggi Savage, 1954
            

Species: Anaxyrus mexicanus

                Synonym: Anaxyrus mexicanus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) mexicanus Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus microscaphus

                Synonym: Anaxyrus microscaphus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) microscaphus Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus monfontanus

                Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) monfontanus Gordon, Simandle, Sandmeier, and Tracy, 2020
            

Species: Anaxyrus nelsoni

                Synonym: Anaxyrus nelsoni Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) nelsoni Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus nevadensis

                Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) nevadensis Gordon, Simandle, Sandmeier, and Tracy, 2020
            

Species: Anaxyrus punctatus

                Synonym: Anaxyrus punctatus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) punctatus Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus quercicus

                Synonym: Anaxyrus quercicus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) quercicus Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus retiformis

                Synonym: Anaxyrus retiformis Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) retiformis Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus speciosus

                Synonym: Anaxyrus speciosus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) speciosus Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus terrestris

                Synonym: Anaxyrus terrestris Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) terrestris Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
            

Species: Anaxyrus williamsi

Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) williamsi Gordon, Simandle, and Tracy, 2017

Species: Anaxyrus woodhousii

                Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) woodhousii australis Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) woodhousii woodhousii Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
Synonym: Bufo (Anaxyrus) woodhousii Fouquette and Dubois, 2014
Synonym: Anaxyrus velatus Fontenot, Makowsky, and Chippindale, 2011
Synonym: Anaxyrus woodhousii Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
Synonym: Anaxyrus woodhousii australis Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008
Synonym: Anaxyrus woodhousii woodhousii Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008
            