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: Pelophryne misera

Class: Amphibia

Order: Anura

Family: Bufonidae

Genus: Parapelophryne

Species: Parapelophryne scalpta

                Synonym: Pelophryne scalptus Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008
Synonym: Pelophryne scalpta Inger, 1985
            

Genus: Pelophryne

Synonym: Pelophryne Barbour, 1938

Species: Pelophryne albotaeniata

                Synonym: Pelophryne albotaeniata Barbour, 1938
Synonym: Pelophryne albotaeniata albotaeniata Inger, 1954
            

Species: Pelophryne api

Synonym: Pelophryne api Dring, 1983

Species: Pelophryne brevipes

Synonym: Pelophryne brevipes Barbour, 1938

Species: Pelophryne guentheri

                Synonym: Pelophryne guentheri Barbour, 1938
Synonym: Pelophryne macrotis Barbour, 1938
            

Species: Pelophryne ingeri

Synonym: Pelophryne ingeri Matsui, 2019

Species: Pelophryne lighti

                Synonym: Pelophryne lighti Barbour, 1938
Synonym: Pelophryne albotaeniata lighti Inger, 1954
Synonym: Pelophryne lighti Inger, 1960
            

Species: Pelophryne linanitensis

Synonym: Pelophryne linanitensis Das, 2008

Species: Pelophryne misera

                Synonym: Pelophryne misera Barbour, 1938
Synonym: Nectophryne misera Mocquard, 1890
            

Species: Pelophryne murudensis

Synonym: Pelophryne murudensis Das, 2008

Species: Pelophryne penrissenensis

Synonym: Pelophryne penrissenensis Matsui, Nishikawa, Eto, and Hossman, 2017

Species: Pelophryne rhopophilia

                Synonym: Pelophryne rhopophilius Inger and Stuebing, 1996
Synonym: Pelophryne rhopophilia Frost, 2006
            

Species: Pelophryne saravacensis

                Synonym: Pelophryne saravacensis Inger and Voris, 2001
Synonym: Pelophryne saravacensis Inger and Stuebing, 2009
            

Species: Pelophryne signata

Synonym: Pelophryne signata Barbour, 1938

Genus: Sabahphrynus

Species: Sabahphrynus maculatus

Synonym: Pelophryne maculata Barbour, 1938

Family: Hylidae

Subfamily: Dendropsophinae

Genus: Dendropsophus

Species: Dendropsophus meridianus

Synonym: Hyla misera meridiana Lutz, 1954

Species: Dendropsophus microcephalus

                Synonym: Hyla microcephala misera Fouquette, 1968
Synonym: Hyla misera Werner, 1903
            

Species: Dendropsophus werneri

Synonym: Hyla misera werneri Lutz, 1973