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 |
|---|---|---|
| Green-breasted Mountain-gemLampornis sybillae (Salvin & Godman, 1892) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-throated Mountain-gemLampornis viridipallens (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lamprichthys tanganicanus (Boulenger, 1898) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| GlancefishLampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788) | LampridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| southern opahLampris immaculatus Gilchrist, 1904 | LampridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampris incognitus Underkoffler, Luers, Hyde & Craig, 2018 | LampridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampris megalopsis Underkoffler, Luers, Hyde & Craig, 2018 | LampridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprogrammus brunswigi (Brauer, 1906) | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprogrammus exutus Nybelin & Poll, 1958 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprogrammus fragilis Alcock, 1892 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprogrammus niger Alcock, 1891 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi Cohen & Rohr, 1993 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprolepis leucosticta (Müller, 1923) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nieuwenhuis' SkinkLamprolepis nieuwenhuisii (Lidth de Jeude, 1905) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emerald SkinkLamprolepis smaragdina (Lesson, 1829) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| SilktailLamprolia victoriae Finsch, 1874 | RhipiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lamprologus callipterus Boulenger, 1906 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus congoensis Schilthuis, 1891 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus finalimus Nichols & La Monte, 1931 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus kungweensis Poll, 1956 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus laparogramma Bills & Ribbink, 1997 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus lemairii Boulenger, 1899 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus lethops Roberts & Stewart, 1976 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus meleagris Büscher, 1991 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus ocellatus (Steindachner, 1909) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus ornatipinnis Poll, 1949 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus signatus Poll, 1952 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus speciosus Büscher, 1991 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus stappersi Pellegrin, 1927 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus symoensi Poll, 1976 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus teugelsi Schelly & Stiassny, 2004 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus tigripictilis Schelly & Stiassny, 2004 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus tumbanus Boulenger, 1899 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus werneri Poll, 1959 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Honduran milk snakeLampropeltis abnorma (Bocourt, 1886) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Grey-banded KingsnakeLampropeltis alterna (Brown, 1901) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican MilksnakeLampropeltis annulata Kennicott, 1860 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black Desert Kingsnake [nigrita]Lampropeltis californiae (Blainville, 1835) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Prairie KingsnakeLampropeltis calligaster (Harlan, 1827) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scarlet KingsnakeLampropeltis elapsoides (Holbrook, 1838) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Short-tailed SnakeLampropeltis extenuata (Brown, 1890) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Florida KingsnakeLampropeltis floridana (Blanchard, 1919) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Central Plains MilksnakeLampropeltis gentilis (Baird & Girard, 1853) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common KingsnakeLampropeltis getula (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Greer’s KingsnakeLampropeltis greeri Webb, 1961 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Speckled KingsnakeLampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger, 1902 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chihuahuan Mountain KingsnakeLampropeltis knoblochi Taylor, 1940 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican KingsnakeLampropeltis leonis (Günther, 1893) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecuadorian MilksnakeLampropeltis micropholis Cope, 1860 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black KingsnakeLampropeltis nigra (Yarrow, 1882) | ColubridaeChordata | 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.