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 |
|---|---|---|
| Breviceps pentheri Werner, 1899 | BrevicipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Breviceps poweri Parker, 1934 | BrevicipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Breviceps rosei Power, 1926 | BrevicipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Breviceps sopranus Minter, 2003 | BrevicipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Breviceps sylvestris FitzSimons, 1930 | BrevicipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brevicollus tuberatus Kott, 1990 | PolycitoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Breviraja claramaculata McEachran & Matheson, 1985 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Breviraja colesi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Breviraja mouldi McEachran & Matheson, 1995 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spinose skateBreviraja spinosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brevitrygon imbricata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | DasyatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brevitrygon javaensis (Last & White, 2013) | DasyatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| finescale menhadenBrevoortia gunteri Hildebrand, 1948 | AlosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gulf menhadenBrevoortia patronus Goode, 1878 | AlosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brevoortia pectinata (Jenyns, 1842) | AlosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic menhadenBrevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe, 1802) | AlosidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brienomyrus adustus (Fowler, 1936) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brienomyrus brachyistius (Gill, 1862) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Briggsia hastingsi Craig & Randall, 2009 | GobiesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brittanichthys axelrodi Géry, 1965 | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brittanichthys myersi Géry, 1965 | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rough-scaled Plated LizardBroadleysaurus major (Duméril, 1851) | GerrhosauridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brochiloricaria chauliodon Isbrücker, 1979 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brochiloricaria macrodon (Kner, 1853) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brochiraja aenigma Last & McEachran, 2006 | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brochiraja albilabiata Last & McEachran, 2006 | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brochiraja heuresa Last & Séret, 2012 | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brochiraja leviveneta Last & McEachran, 2006 | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brochiraja microspinifera Last & McEachran, 2006 | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brockius albigenys (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928) | LabrisomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bromeliohyla bromeliacia (Schmidt, 1933) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bromeliohyla dendroscarta (Taylor, 1940) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green crested lizardBronchocela cristatella (Kuhl, 1820) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bronchocela cyanopalpebra Chandramouli, Adhikari, Amarasinghe & Abinawanto, 2023 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Daniel's Forest LizardBronchocela danieli (Tiwari & Biswas, 1973) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sumatra BloodsuckerBronchocela hayeki (Müller, 1928) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bronchocela nicobarica Chandramouli, Adhikari, Amarasinghe & Abinawanto, 2023 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Orlov’s Forest LizardBronchocela orlovi Hallermann, 2004 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red-throated bloodsuckerBronchocela rubrigularis Hallermann, 2009 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gunther's BloodsuckerBronchocela smaragdina Günther, 1864 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bronchocela vietnamensis Hallermann & Orlov, 2005 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brookesia antakarana Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brookesia betschi Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1974 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brookesia bonsi Ramanantsoa, 1980 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spiny Leaf ChameleonBrookesia decaryi Angel, 1939 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Toothed Leaf ChameleonBrookesia dentata Mocquard, 1900 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brookesia desperata Glaw, Köhler, Townsend & Vences, 2012 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northem Leaf ChameleonBrookesia ebenaui (Boettger, 1880) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marojejy Leaf ChameleonBrookesia griveaudi Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1974 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brookesia karchei Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1970 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | 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.