A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Central Fijian Banded IguanaBrachylophus bulabula Fisher, Harlow, Edwards & Keogh, 2008 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fiji Banded IguanaBrachylophus fasciatus (Brongniart, 1800) | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fiji Crested lguanaBrachylophus vitiensis Gibbons, 1981 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bicol Slender SkinkBrachymeles bicolandia Siler, Fuiten, Jones, Alcala & Brown, 2011 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Two-colored Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles bicolor (Gray, 1845) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bohol Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles boholensis Brown & Rabor, 1967 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pretty Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles bonitae Duméril & Bibron, 1839 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boulenger's Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles boulengeri Taylor, 1922 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Burks’ Burrowing SkinkBrachymeles burksi Taylor, 1917 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tablas Slender SkinkBrachymeles dalawangdaliri Davis, Geheber, Watters, Penrod, Feller, Ashford, Kouri, Nguyen, Shauberger, Sheatsley, Winfrey, Wong, Sanguila, Brown & Siler, 2016 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles elerae Taylor, 1917 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Graceful Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles gracilis (Fischer, 1885) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ilokano Slender SkinkBrachymeles ilocandia Siler, Davis, Freitas, Huron, Geheber, Watters, Penrod, Papes, Amrein, Anwawr, Cooper Hein, Manning, Patel, Pinaroc, Diesmos, Diesmos, Oliveros & Brown, 2016 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aurora Slender SkinkBrachymeles isangdaliri Davis, Feller, Brown & Siler, 2014 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jessi’s slender skinkBrachymeles kadwa Siler & Brown, 2010 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lubang Slender SkinkBrachymeles ligtas Geheber, Davis, Watters, Penrod, Feller, Davey, Ellsworth, Flanagan, Heitz, Moore, Nguyen, Roberts, Sutton, Sanguila, Linkem, Brown & Siler, 2016 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachymeles minimus Brown & Alcala, 1995 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Miriam's SkinkBrachymeles miriamae (Heyer, 1972) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern Burrowing SkinkBrachymeles orientalis Brown & Rabor, 1967 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| PAEF Slender SkinkBrachymeles paeforum Siler, Fuiten, Jones, Alcala & Brown, 2011 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pathfinder Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles pathfinderi Taylor, 1925 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern Visayas Slender SkinkBrachymeles samad Siler, Jones, Diesmos, Diesmos & Brown, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Graceful Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles suluensis Taylor, 1918 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duméril's Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles talinis Brown, 1956 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Taylor's Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles taylori Brown, 1956 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Mindanao Slender Skink.Brachymeles tiboliorum Siler, Jones, Diesmos, Diesmos & Brown, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tungao’s slender skinkBrachymeles tungaoi Siler & Brown, 2010 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jens’ slender skinkBrachymeles vindumi Siler & Brown, 2010 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Camiguin Sur Slender SkinkBrachymeles vulcani Siler, Jones, Diesmos, Diesmos & Brown, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachymystax lenok (Pallas, 1773) | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachymystax savinovi Mitrofanov, 1959 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Longsnout poacherBrachyopsis segaliensis (Tilesius, 1809) | AgonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Buru Short-tailed SnakeBrachyorrhos gastrotaenius (Bleeker, 1860) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyorrhos pygmaeus Murphy & Voris, 2020 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ternate Short-tailed SnakeBrachyorrhos raffrayi (Sauvage, 1879) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachypetersius altus (Boulenger, 1899) | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachypetersius cadwaladeri (Fowler, 1930) | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachypetersius gabonensis Poll, 1967 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachypetersius huloti (Poll, 1954) | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachypetersius notospilus (Pellegrin, 1930) | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Valenciennes, 1840) | PimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Andaman BulbulBrachypodius fuscoflavescens Hume, 1873 | PycnonotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed BulbulBrachypodius melanocephalos (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | PycnonotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-legged Ground RollerBrachypteracias leptosomus (R. Lesson, 1833) | BrachypteraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachypterois serrulata (Richardson, 1846) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachypterois serrulifer Fowler, 1938 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachypteryx leucophris (Temminck, 1828) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-browed ShortwingBrachypteryx montana Horsfield, 1821 | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-billed MurreletBrachyramphus perdix (Pallas, 1811) | AlcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachyrhamdia imitator Myers, 1927 | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.