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 |
|---|---|---|
| Burmese Butterfly LizardLeiolepis peguensis Peters, 1971 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reeves' Butterfly LizardLeiolepis reevesii (Gray, 1831) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reeves' Butterfly LizardLeiolepis rubritaeniata Mertens, 1961 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Malaysian Butterfly LizardLeiolepis triploida Peters, 1971 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lauan Ground SkinkLeiolopisma alazon Zug, 1985 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leiolopisma ceciliae Arnold & Bour, 2008 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Talfair’s skinkLeiolopisma telfairii (Desjardin, 1831) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leiopelma archeyi Turbott, 1942 | LeiopelmatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown New Zealand FrogLeiopelma hamiltoni McCulloch, 1919 | LeiopelmatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leiopelma hochstetteri Fitzinger, 1861 | LeiopelmatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leiopotherapon aheneus (Mees, 1963) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leiopotherapon macrolepis Vari, 1978 | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leiopotherapon plumbeus (Kner, 1864) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther, 1859) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| D’Albertis pythonLeiopython albertisii (Peters & Doria, 1878) | PythonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Karimui Basin whitelip python [fredparkeri]Leiopython fredparkeri Schleip, 2008 | PythonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bell's AnoleLeiosaurus bellii Duméril & Bibron, 1837 | LeiosauridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leiosaurus catamarcensis Koslowsky, 1898 | LeiosauridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leiosaurus jaguaris Laspiur, Acosta & Abdala, 2007 | LeiosauridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leiosaurus paronae (Peracca, 1897) | LeiosauridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lafayetteLeiostomus xanthurus Lacepède, 1802 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata (Say, 1822) | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Colima WarblerLeiothlypis crissalis (Salvin & Godman, 1889) | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lucy's WarblerLeiothlypis luciae (J. G. Cooper, 1861) | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina (A. Wilson, 1811) | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla (A. Wilson, 1811) | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Virginia's WarblerLeiothlypis virginiae (S. F. Baird, 1860) | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silver-eared MesiaLeiothrix argentauris (Hodgson, 1837) | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-billed LeiothrixLeiothrix lutea (Scopoli, 1786) | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peruvian MeadowlarkLeistes bellicosus (de Filippi, 1847) | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-browed MeadowlarkLeistes superciliaris (Bonaparte, 1850) | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bare-tailed Armored Tree-ratLeiuromys occasius (Thomas, 1921) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amur Brown LemmingLemmus amurensis Vinogradov, 1924 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Norway LemmingLemmus lemmus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wrangel Island LemmingLemmus portenkoi Tchernyavsky, 1967 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-footed LemmingLemmus sibiricus (Kerr, 1792) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Griselda's LemniscomysLemniscomys griselda (Thomas, 1904) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buffoon LemniscomysLemniscomys macculus (Thomas & Wroughton, 1910) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mittendorf's LemniscomysLemniscomys mittendorfi Eisentraut, 1968 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Single-Striped LemniscomysLemniscomys rosalia (Thomas, 1904) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rosevear's LemniscomysLemniscomys roseveari Van der Straeten, 1980 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Typical LemniscomysLemniscomys striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heuglin's LemniscomysLemniscomys zebra (Heuglin, 1864) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ring-tailed LemurLemur catta Linnaeus, 1758 | LemuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madagascar MannikinLemuresthes nana (Pucheran, 1845) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Meyer's LenomysLenomys meyeri (Jentink, 1879) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sundaic LenothrixLenothrix canus Miller, 1903 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andean ratLenoxus apicalis (J. A. Allen, 1900) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lentipes adelphizonus Watson & Kottelat, 2006 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lentipes andamanicus (Mukerji, 1935) | GobiidaeChordata | 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.