THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Maltese rayLeucoraja melitensis (Clark, 1926) | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leucoraja yucatanensis (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leucos aula (Bonaparte, 1841) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leucos ylikiensis (Economidis, 1991) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leucostethus alacris (Rivero & Granados-Díaz, 1990) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leucostethus argyrogaster (Morales & Schulte, 1993) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leucostethus fugax (Morales & Schulte, 1993) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leucostethus ramirezi (Rivero & Serna, 2000) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leucostethus yaguara (Rivero & Serna, 1991) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian Rosy FinchLeucosticte arctoa (Pallas, 1811) | FringillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black Rosy FinchLeucosticte atrata Ridgway, 1874 | FringillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brandt's Mountain FinchLeucosticte brandti Bonaparte, 1850 | FringillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sillem's Mountain FinchLeucosticte sillemi Roselaar, 1992 | FringillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leurochilus acon Böhlke, 1968 | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| California smoothtongueLeuroglossus stilbius Gilbert, 1890 | BathylagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leuroglossus urotranus Bussing, 1965 | BathylagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leviprora inops (Jenyns, 1840) | PlatycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Waray Dwarf Burrowing SnakeLevitonius mirus Weinell, Paluh, Siler & Brown, 2020 | CyclocoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Auckland RailLewinia muelleri (Rothschild, 1893) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Liachirus whitleyi Chabanaud, 1950 | SoleidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| (Brown) Water pythonLiasis fuscus Peters, 1873 | PythonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Freckled PythonLiasis mackloti Duméril & Bibron, 1844 | PythonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liberian MongooseLiberiictis kuhni Hayman, 1958 | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Liburnascincus artemis Hoskin & Couper, 2015 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black Mountain Rainbow-skinkLiburnascincus scirtetis (Ingram & Covacevich, 1980) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Three-lined BoaLichanura orcutti Stejneger, 1889 | BoidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rosy BoaLichanura trivirgata Cope, 1861 | BoidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Purple-gaped HoneyeaterLichenostomus cratitius (Gould, 1841) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| garrickLichia amia (Linnaeus, 1758) | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Silver-eared HoneyeaterLichmera alboauricularis (E. P. Ramsay, 1878) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Olive HoneyeaterLichmera argentauris (Finsch, 1871) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown HoneyeaterLichmera indistincta (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Seram HoneyeaterLichmera monticola (Stresemann, 1912) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scaly-breasted HoneyeaterLichmera squamata (Salvadori, 1878) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale Brown Long-tongued BatLichonycteris degener Miller, 1931 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| blackstripe herringLile nigrofasciata Castro-Aguirre, Ruiz-Campos & Balart, 2002 | DorosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lile piquitinga (Schreiner & Miranda Ribeiro, 1903) | DorosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| striped herringLile stolifera (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | DorosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African File SnakeLimaformosa crossi (Boulenger, 1895) | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mocquard's File SnakeLimaformosa guirali (Mocquard, 1887) | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Congo File SnakeLimaformosa savorgnani (Mocquard, 1887) | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Angola File SnakeLimaformosa vernayi (Bogert, 1940) | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| common dabLimanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sakhalin soleLimanda sakhalinensis Hubbs, 1915 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Limatulichthys griseus (Eigenmann, 1909) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Limbochromis robertsi (Thys van den Audenaerde & Loiselle, 1971) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Limia caymanensis Rivas & Fink, 1970 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Limia dominicensis (Valenciennes, 1846) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Limia grossidens Rivas, 1980 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Limia heterandria Regan, 1913 | 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.