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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lepidodactylus vanuatuensis Ota, Fisher, Ineich, Case, Radtkey & Zug, 1998 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Woodford's Scaly-toed GeckoLepidodactylus woodfordi Boulenger, 1887 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lanyu Scaly-toed GeckoLepidodactylus yami Ota, 1987 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidogalaxias salamandroides Mees, 1961 | LepidogalaxiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bay gobyLepidogobius lepidus (Girard, 1858) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidomeda albivallis Miller & Hubbs, 1960 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidomeda aliciae (Jouy, 1881) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidomeda altivelis Miller & Hubbs, 1960 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidomeda copei (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidomeda mollispinis Miller & Hubbs, 1960 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidonectes clarkhubbsi Bussing, 1991 | TripterygiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidonectes corallicola (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912) | TripterygiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| grey rockcodLepidonotothen squamifrons (Günther, 1880) | NototheniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidoperca brochata Katayama & Fujii, 1982 | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidoperca caesiopercula (Whitley, 1951) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidoperca coatsii (Regan, 1913) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidoperca inornata Regan, 1914 | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidoperca magna Katayama & Fujii, 1982 | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidophanes gaussi (Brauer, 1906) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidophanes guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sumidero Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma chicoasensis Álvarez & Valentin, 1988 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sunidero Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma cuicatecum Canseco-Marquez, Gutiierez-Mayen & Mendoza-Hernandez, 2008 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| MacDougall's Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma dontomasi (Smith, 1942) | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-spotted Night LizardLepidophyma flavimaculatum Duméril, 1851 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gaige's Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma gaigeae Mosauer, 1936 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidophyma inagoi Palacios-Aguilar, Santos-Bibiano & Flores-Villela, 2018 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jones’ Night LizardLepidophyma jasonjonesi Grünwald, Reyes-Velasco, Ahumada-Carrillo, Montaño-Ruvalcaba Franz-Chávez, La Forest, Ramírez-Chaparro, Terán-Juárez & Borja-Jiménez, 2023 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liner’s Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma lineri Smith, 1973 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lipetz's Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma lipetzi Smith & Del Toro, 1977 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lowe’s Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma lowei Bezy & Camarillo, 1997 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidophyma lusca Arenas-Moreno, Muñoz-Nolasco, Bautista-Del Moral, Rodríguez-Miranda, Domínguez-Guerrero & Méndez-De LA Cruz, 2021 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mayan Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma mayae Bezy, 1973 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cave Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma micropholis Walker, 1955 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Japlan Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma occulor Smith, 1942 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pajapan Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma pajapanensis Werler, 1957 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yautepec Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma radula (Smith, 1942) | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Costa Rican Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma reticulatum Taylor, 1955 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Smith's Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma smithii Bocourt, 1876 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madrean Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma sylvaticum Taylor, 1939 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tarascan Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma tarascae Bezy, Webb & Álvarez, 1982 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tuxtla Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma tuxtlae Werler & Shannon, 1957 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidophyma zongolicum García-Vázquez, Canseco-Marquez & Aguilar-López, 2010 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dusky soleLepidopsetta mochigarei Snyder, 1911 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| northern rock soleLepidopsetta polyxystra Orr & Matarese, 2000 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| crested scabbardfishLepidopus altifrons Parin & Collette, 1993 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hawaiian ridge scabbardfishLepidopus calcar Parin & Mikhailin, 1982 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| scabbardfishLepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidopus dubius Parin & Mikhailin, 1981 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pacific scabbardfishLepidopus fitchi Rosenblatt & Wilson, 1987 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidopus glarisianus (de Blainville, 1818) | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
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.