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: Rhinophrynus dorsalis

Class: Amphibia

Order: Anura

Family: Bufonidae

Genus: Anaxyrus

Species: Anaxyrus woodhousii

Synonym: Bufo dorsalis Hallowell, 1852

Genus: Melanophryniscus

Species: Melanophryniscus dorsalis

                Synonym: Dendrophryniscus stelzneri dorsalis Mertens, 1933
Synonym: Melanophryniscus stelzneri dorsalis Gallardo, 1961
Synonym: Melanophryniscus dorsalis Cruz and Caramaschi, 2003
            

Genus: Rhinella

Species: Rhinella ornata

                Synonym: Bufo lentiginosus dorsalis Garman, 1884
Synonym: Bufo dorsalis Spix, 1824
            

Family: Ceratobatrachidae

Subfamily: Ceratobatrachinae

Genus: Platymantis

Species: Platymantis dorsalis

                Synonym: Hylodes (Halophilus) dorsalis Cope, 1862
Synonym: Cornufer dorsalis Duméril, 1853
Synonym: Rana (Platymantis) dorsalis Guibé, 1950
Synonym: Platymantis dorsalis Zweifel, 1967
Synonym: Cornufer dorsalis Brown, 1965
Synonym: Platymantis (Lupacolus) dorsalis Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015
            

Family: Hylidae

Subfamily: Acridinae

Genus: Acris

Species: Acris gryllus

                Synonym: Rana dorsalis Harlan, 1827
Synonym: Acris gryllus dorsalis Netting and Goin, 1945
            

Family: Hyperoliidae

Subfamily: Hyperoliinae

Genus: Afrixalus

Species: Afrixalus "quadrivittatus"

Synonym: Afrixalus dorsalis leptosomus Perret, 1976

Species: Afrixalus dorsalis

                Synonym: Afrixalus dorsalis dorsalis Laurent, 1951
Synonym: Afrixalus dorsalis regularis Laurent, 1951
Synonym: Megalixalus dorsalis Parker, 1931
Synonym: Hyperolius dorsalis Peters, 1875
Synonym: Afrixalus dorsalis Guibé, 1948
Synonym: Afrixalus dorsalis laciniosus Perret, 1960
            

Species: Afrixalus osorioi

Synonym: Afrixalus dorsalis congicus Laurent, 1950

Superfamily: Myobatrachoidea

Family: Limnodynastidae

Genus: Limnodynastes

Species: Limnodynastes dorsalis

                Synonym: Limnodynastes dorsalis dorsalis Loveridge, 1935
Synonym: Cystignathus dorsalis Gray, 1841
Synonym: Wagleria dorsalis Girard, 1853
Synonym: Limnodynastes dorsalis var. typica Fry, 1913
Synonym: Platyplectrum dorsalis Wells and Wellington, 1985
Synonym: Borborocoetes dorsalis Cope, 1866
Synonym: Limnodynastes dorsalis Günther, 1859
            

Species: Limnodynastes dumerilii

                Synonym: Limnodynastes dorsalis var. dumerilii Fry, 1913
Synonym: Limnodynastes dorsalis insularis Parker, 1940
Synonym: Limnodynastes dorsalis dumerilii Parker, 1940
Synonym: Limnodynastes dorsalis grayi Parker, 1940
            

Species: Limnodynastes interioris

Synonym: Limnodynastes dorsalis var. interioris Fry, 1913

Species: Limnodynastes terraereginae

Synonym: Limnodynastes dorsalis var. terrae-reginae Fry, 1915

Family: Pelodryadidae

Subfamily: Litoriinae

Genus: Litoria

Species: Litoria dorsalis

                Synonym: Hyla dorsalis dorsalis Cogger, 1966
Synonym: Llewellynura dorsalis Wells and Wellington, 1985
Synonym: Litoria dorsalis Macleay, 1878
Synonym: Hyla dorsalis Boulenger, 1882
Synonym: Litoria dorsalis Tyler, 1971
            

Species: Litoria microbelos

Synonym: Hyla dorsalis microbelos Cogger, 1966

Family: Pyxicephalidae

Subfamily: Cacosterninae

Genus: Strongylopus

Species: Strongylopus grayii

Synonym: Rana grayi var. dorsalis Werner, 1910

Family: Rhinophrynidae

Genus: Rhinophrynus

Synonym: Rhinophrynus Duméril and Bibron, 1841

Species: Rhinophrynus dorsalis

                Synonym: Rhinophrynus dorsalis Duméril and Bibron, 1841
Synonym: Rhinophrynus rostratus Brocchi, 1877
            

Order: Caudata

Family: Plethodontidae

Subfamily: Plethodontinae

Genus: Plethodon

Species: Plethodon angusticlavius

Synonym: Plethodon dorsalis angusticlavius Thurow, 1956

Species: Plethodon dorsalis

                Synonym: Plethodon dorsalis dorsalis Thurow, 1956
Synonym: Plethodon dorsalis Schmidt, 1953
Synonym: Plethodon (Plethodon) dorsalis Vieites, Román, Wake, and Wake, 2011
Synonym: Plethodon cinereus dorsalis Cope, 1869
Synonym: Plethodon erythronotus var. dorsalis Baird in Cope, 1869
Synonym: Plethodon cinereus dorsalis Cope, 1889
Synonym: Plethodon dorsalis Stejneger and Barbour, 1917
Synonym: Plethodon cinereus dorsalis Bishop, 1943
            

Family: Salamandridae

Subfamily: Pleurodelinae

Genus: Notophthalmus

Species: Notophthalmus viridescens

                Synonym: Diemictylus viridescens dorsalis Schmidt, 1953
Synonym: Notophthalmus viridescens dorsalis Smith, 1953
Synonym: Salamandra dorsalis Harlan, 1829
Synonym: Triton dorsalis Holbrook, 1842
Synonym: Diemictylus viridescens dorsalis Wolterstorff, 1925
Synonym: Triturus dorsalis Dunn, 1918
Synonym: Notophthalmus (Notophthalmus) viridescens dorsalis Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009
Synonym: Triturus viridescens dorsalis Bishop, 1943
            

Order: Gymnophiona

Family: Typhlonectidae

Genus: Potomotyphlus

Species: Potomotyphlus kaupii

                Synonym: Thyphlonectes dorsalis Fuhrmann, 1914
Synonym: Typhlonectes dorsalis Peters, 1880
Synonym: Caecilia dorsalis Peters, 1877
            