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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tinos Green lizardLacerta citrovittata Werner, 1938 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhodos Green lizardLacerta diplochondrodes Wettstein, 1952 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacerta media Lantz & Cyrén, 1920 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iberian Emerald LizardLacerta schreiberi Bedriaga, 1878 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caspian Green LizardLacerta strigata Eichwald, 1831 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Balkan Emerald LizardLacerta trilineata Bedriaga, 1886 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern Green LizardLacerta viridis (Laurenti, 1768) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chris-Wild’s Snake-eyed skinkLacertaspis chriswildi (Böhme & Schmitz, 1996) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sjostedt's Five-toed SkinkLacertaspis gemmiventris (Sjöstedt, 1897) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Angel's Five-toed SkinkLacertaspis lepesmei (Angel, 1940) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacertaspis reichenowii (Peters, 1874) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gaboon Lidless SkinkLacertaspis rohdei (Müller, 1910) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| New Caledonian Leopard SkinkLacertoides pardalis Sadlier, Shea & Bauer, 1997 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lachesis acrochorda (Garcia, 1896) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-headed bushmasterLachesis melanocephala Solórzano & Cerdas, 1986 | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| South American BushmasterLachesis muta (Linnaeus, 1766) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic Forest bushmasterLachesis rhombeata (Wied, 1824) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Central American bushmasterLachesis stenophrys Cope, 1875 | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lachneratus phasmaticus Fraser & Struhsaker, 1991 | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| hogfishLachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum, 1792) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laciris pelagica (Worthington, 1932) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| false trevallyLactarius lactarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | LactariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lactarius primigenius Schwarzhans, 2019 | LactariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Lactarius pusillus Schwarzhans, 2019 | LactariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Lactarius sigmoidalis (Frost, 1933) | LactariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| spotted trunkfishLactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smooth trunkfishLactophrys triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longhorn cowfishLactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| roundbelly cowfishLactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| thornback cowfishLactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lactoria paschae (Rendahl, 1921) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola atripinna (Pfeffer, 1896) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola bragancai Huber, 2020 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola bukobanus (Ahl, 1924) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola centralis (Seegers, 1996) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola gemma Nagy, 2025 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola hutereaui (Boulenger, 1913) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola kassenjiensis (Ahl, 1924) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola katangae (Boulenger, 1912) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola kongoranensis (Ahl, 1924) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola lacustris (Seegers, 1984) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola lualabaensis (Poll, 1938) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola macrurus (Boulenger, 1904) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola maculatus (Klausewitz, 1957) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola matthesi (Seegers, 1996) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola mediolateralis (Poll, 1967) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola moeruensis (Boulenger, 1914) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola myaposae (Boulenger, 1908) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola nigrolateralis (Poll, 1967) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola nitida Nagy & Manda, 2020 | PoeciliidaeChordata | 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.