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 "Hyperolius nasutus" returned 20 results

Hyperolius nasutus Günther, 1865
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-nasutus
Hyperolius benguellensis (Barboza du Bocage, 1893)
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-benguellensis
Hyperolius microps Günther, 1864
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-microps
Hyperolius friedemanni Mercurio and Rödel in Channing, Hillers, Lötters, Rödel, Schick, Conradie, Rödder, Mercurio, Wagner, Dehling, Du Preez, Kielgast, and Burger, 2013
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-friedemanni
Hyperolius lupiroensis Channing in Channing, Hillers, Lötters, Rödel, Schick, Conradie, Rödder, Mercurio, Wagner, Dehling, Du Preez, Kielgast, and Burger, 2013
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-lupiroensis
Hyperolius jacobseni Channing in Channing, Hillers, Lötters, Rödel, Schick, Conradie, Rödder, Mercurio, Wagner, Dehling, Du Preez, Kielgast, and Burger, 2013
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-jacobseni
Hyperolius igbettensis Schiøtz, 1963
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-igbettensis
Hyperolius papyri (Werner, 1908 "1907")
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-papyri
Hyperolius dartevellei Laurent, 1943
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-dartevellei
Hyperolius rwandae Dehling, Sinsch, Rodel, and Channing in Channing, Hillers, Lötters, Rödel, Schick, Conradie, Rödder, Mercurio, Wagner, Dehling, Du Preez, Kielgast, and Burger, 2013
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-rwandae
Hyperolius nasicus Laurent, 1943
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-nasicus
Hyperolius inyangae Channing in Channing, Hillers, Lötters, Rödel, Schick, Conradie, Rödder, Mercurio, Wagner, Dehling, Du Preez, Kielgast, and Burger, 2013
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-inyangae
Hyperolius howelli Du Preez and Channing, 2013
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-howelli
Hyperolius lamottei Laurent, 1958
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-lamottei
Hyperolius adspersus Peters, 1877
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-adspersus
Hyperolius viridis Schiøtz, 1975
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-viridis
Hyperolius poweri Loveridge, 1938
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-poweri
Hyperolius acutirostris Buchholz and Peters, 1875
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-acutirostris
Hyperolius Rapp, 1842
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius
Hyperolius viridiflavus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Hyperoliinae/Hyperolius/Hyperolius-viridiflavus