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 "endemic" returned 191 results

Blommersia transmarina Glaw, Hawlitschek, Glaw, and Vences, 2019
Amphibia/Anura/Mantellidae/Mantellinae/Blommersia/Blommersia-transmarina
Boophis nauticus Glaw, Hawlitschek, Glaw, and Vences, 2019
Amphibia/Anura/Mantellidae/Boophinae/Boophis/Boophis-nauticus
Pristimantis buenaventura Arteaga-Navarro, Pyron, Peñafiel, Romero-Barreto, Culebras, Bustamante, Yánez-Muñoz, and Guayasamin, 2016
Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Strabomantidae/Pristimantinae/Pristimantis/Pristimantis-buenaventura
Myersiohyla aromatica (Ayarzagüena and Señaris, 1994)
Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Myersiohyla/Myersiohyla-aromatica
Centrolene pipilata (Lynch and Duellman, 1973)
Amphibia/Anura/Centrolenidae/Centroleninae/Centrolene/Centrolene-pipilata
Leptodactylus turimiquensis Heyer, 2005
Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Leptodactylinae/Leptodactylus/Leptodactylus-turimiquensis
Pseudoeurycea jaguar Cázares-Hernández, Jimeno-Sevilla, Rovito, López Luna, and Canseco-Márquez, 2022
Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Hemidactyliinae/Pseudoeurycea/Pseudoeurycea-jaguar
Sylvacaecilia Wake, 1987
Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Grandisoniidae/Sylvacaecilia
Leptodactylus avivoca Carvalho, Seger, Magalhães, Lourenço, and Haddad, 2021
Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Leptodactylinae/Leptodactylus/Leptodactylus-avivoca
Serranobatrachus Arroyo, Targino, Rueda-Solano, Daza-R., and Grant, 2022
Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Strabomantidae/Pristimantinae/Serranobatrachus
Indirana leithii (Boulenger, 1888)
Amphibia/Anura/Ranixalidae/Indirana/Indirana-leithii
Allobates mandelorum (Schmidt, 1932)
Amphibia/Anura/Dendrobatoidea/Aromobatidae/Allobatinae/Allobates/Allobates-mandelorum
Phyllobates bicolor Bibron, 1840
Amphibia/Anura/Dendrobatoidea/Dendrobatidae/Dendrobatinae/Phyllobates/Phyllobates-bicolor
Bufotes turanensis (Hemmer, Schmidtler, and Böhme, 1978)
Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Bufotes/Bufotes-turanensis
Sylvacaecilia grandisonae (Taylor, 1970)
Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Grandisoniidae/Sylvacaecilia/Sylvacaecilia-grandisonae
Elachistocleis sikuani Acosta-Galvis, Tonini, and de Sá, 2022
Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Gastrophryninae/Elachistocleis/Elachistocleis-sikuani
Dendropsophus luteoocellatus (Roux, 1927)
Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Dendropsophus/Dendropsophus-luteoocellatus
Cryptobatrachus boulengeri Ruthven, 1916
Amphibia/Anura/Hemiphractidae/Cryptobatrachus/Cryptobatrachus-boulengeri
Mantidactylus curtus (Boulenger, 1882)
Amphibia/Anura/Mantellidae/Mantellinae/Mantidactylus/Mantidactylus-curtus
Hynobius amabensis Sugawara and Nagano, 2023
Amphibia/Caudata/Hynobiidae/Hynobiinae/Hynobius/Hynobius-amabensis
Philoria knowlesi Mahony, Hines, Mahony, and Donnellan, 2022
Amphibia/Anura/Myobatrachoidea/Limnodynastidae/Philoria/Philoria-knowlesi
Raorchestes vellikkannan Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, 2021
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Raorchestes/Raorchestes-vellikkannan
Raorchestes sanjappai Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, 2021
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Raorchestes/Raorchestes-sanjappai
Calotriton arnoldi Carranza and Amat, 2005
Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Calotriton/Calotriton-arnoldi
Gegeneophis danieli Giri, Wilkinson, and Gower, 2003
Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Grandisoniidae/Gegeneophis/Gegeneophis-danieli
Raorchestes theuerkaufi Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Raorchestes/Raorchestes-theuerkaufi
Raorchestes crustai Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Raorchestes/Raorchestes-crustai
Raorchestes coonoorensis (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Raorchestes/Raorchestes-coonoorensis
Beddomixalus bijui (Zachariah, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Kunhikrishnan, Palot, and Vishnudas, 2011)
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Beddomixalus/Beddomixalus-bijui
Raorchestes kadalarensis Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011
Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Raorchestes/Raorchestes-kadalarensis

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