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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brachyrhamdia marthae Sands & Black, 1985 | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyrhamdia meesi Sands & Black, 1985 | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyrhaphis olomina (Meek, 1914) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyrhaphis parismina (Meek, 1912) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora (Regan, 1908) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyrhaphis roswithae Meyer & Etzel, 1998 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyrhaphis terrabensis (Regan, 1907) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyseps anosyensis (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boulenger's Tree SkinkBrachyseps frontoparietalis (Boulenger, 1889) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyseps mandady (Andreone & Greer, 2002) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyseps punctatus (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachysomophis atlanticus Blache & Saldanha, 1972 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachysomophis cirrocheilos (Bleeker, 1857) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachysomophis longipinnis McCosker & Randall, 2001 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachysomophis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachysomophis umbonis McCosker & Randall, 2001 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White-tailed AntsangyBrachytarsomys albicauda Günther, 1875 | NesomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hairy-tailed AntsangyBrachytarsomys villosa F. Petter, 1962 | NesomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachytarsophrys intermedius (Smith, 1921) | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachytarsophrys orientalis Li, Lyu, Wang & Wang, 2020 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachytarsophrys platyparietus Rao & Yang, 1997 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachytarsophrys popei Zhao, Yang, Chen, Chen & Wang, 2014 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachytarsophrys qiannanensis Li, Liu, Yang, Wei & Su, 2022 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachytarsophrys wenshanensis He, Huang, Li, Chen & Yuan, 2024 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern MuriquiBrachyteles arachnoides (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806) | AtelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern MuriquiBrachyteles hypoxanthus (Kuhl, 1820) | AtelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Short-tailed RatBrachyuromys ramirohitra Forsyth Major, 1896 | NesomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Australian Coral SnakeBrachyurophis australis (Krefft, 1864) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyurophis morrisi (Horner, 1998) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chat FlycatcherBradornis infuscatus (A. Smith, 1839) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Grey FlycatcherBradornis microrhynchus Reichenow, 1887 | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swartberg Dwarf chameleonBradypodion atromontanum Branch, Tolley & Tilbury, 2006 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Beardless Dwarf ChameleonBradypodion barbatulum Tolley, Tilbury & Burger, 2022 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bradypodion baviaanense Tolley, Tilbury & Burger, 2022 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dhlinza Dwarf ChameleonBradypodion caeruleogula Raw & Brothers, 2008 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pondo Dwarf ChameleonBradypodion caffrum (Boettger, 1889) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drakensberg Dwarf ChameleonBradypodion dracomontanum Raw, 1976 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Little Karoo Dwarf ChameleonBradypodion gutturale (Smith, 1849) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kentani dwarf chameleonBradypodion kentanicum (Hewitt, 1935) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-headed Dwarf ChameleonBradypodion melanocephalum (Gray, 1865) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nkandla Dwarf Chameleon [nkandlae]Bradypodion nemorale Raw, 1978 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ngome Dwarf ChameleonBradypodion ngomeense Tilbury & Tolley, 2009 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Dwarf ChameleonBradypodion occidentale (Hewitt, 1935) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Dwarf ChameleonBradypodion pumilum (Gmelin, 1789) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Setaro's Dwarf ChameleonBradypodion setaroi Raw, 1976 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elandsberg Dwarf ChameleonBradypodion taeniabronchum (Smith, 1831) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Dwarf ChameleonBradypodion transvaalense (Fitzsimons, 1930) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern Cape Dwarf ChameleonBradypodion ventrale (Gray, 1845) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barratt's WarblerBradypterus barratti Sharpe, 1876 | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Knysna WarblerBradypterus sylvaticus Sundevall, 1860 | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.