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 |
|---|---|---|
| Western Jackson's Wolf Snake [occidentale]Lycophidion jacksoni Boulenger, 1893 | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Flat Wolf SnakeLycophidion laterale Hallowell, 1857 | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Speckled wolf snakeLycophidion meleagre Boulenger, 1893 | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Wolf SnakeLycophidion multimaculatum Boettger, 1888 | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Namibian Wolf SnakeLycophidion namibianum Broadley, 1991 | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lycophidion nanum (Broadley, 1968) | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lycophidion nigromaculatum (Peters, 1863) | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ornate Wolf SnakeLycophidion ornatum Parker, 1936 | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pemba Wolf SnakeLycophidion pembanum Laurent, 1968 | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pygmy Wolf SnakeLycophidion pygmaeum Broadley, 1996 | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern Wolf SnakeLycophidion semiannule Peters, 1854 | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lycophidion semicinctum Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Taylor’s wolf snakeLycophidion taylori Broadley & Hughes, 1993 | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red-snouted Wolf SnakeLycophidion uzungwense Loveridge, 1932 | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Variegated Wolf SnakeLycophidion variegatum Broadley, 1969 | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lycothrissa crocodilus (Bleeker, 1850) | EngraulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Regan’s eelpoutLycozoarces regani Popov, 1933 | ZoarcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Secretive Litter-skinkLygisaurus absconditus (Worthington-Wilmer, Couper, Amey, Zug & Roberts, 2005) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Large-disced Litter-skinkLygisaurus aeratus (Garman, 1901) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygisaurus curtus (Boulenger, 1897) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rainbow-skinkLygisaurus foliorum de Vis, 1884 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rainforest Edge Litter-skinkLygisaurus laevis (Oudemans, 1894) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Translucent Litter-skinkLygisaurus macfarlani (Günther, 1877) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red-tailed Litter-skinkLygisaurus malleolus (Roberts, Couper, Worthington-Wilmer, Amey & Zug, 2005) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygisaurus novaeguineae (Meyer, 1874) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fire-tailed Rainbow-skinkLygisaurus parrhasius (Couper, Covacevich & Lethbridge, 1994) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crevice Rainbow-skinkLygisaurus rimula (Ingram & Covacevich, 1980) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chillagoe Litter-skinkLygisaurus rococo Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Endeavour River Litter-skinkLygisaurus tanneri Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sun-loving Litter-skinkLygisaurus zuma Couper, 1993 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Angola Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus angolensis Bocage, 1896 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Angulated dwarf geckoLygodactylus angularis Günther, 1893 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus anjajavy Vences, Herrmann, Multzsch, Gippner, Razafimanafo, NY Ando Rahagalala, Sandratra Rakotomanga, Crottini, Gehring, Rakotoarison, Glaw & Miralles, 2025 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus arnei Vences, Herrmann, Multzsch, Gippner, Razafimanafo, NY Ando Rahagalala, Sandratra Rakotomanga, Crottini, Gehring, Rakotoarison, Glaw & Miralles, 2025 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arnoult’s Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus arnoulti Pasteur, 1965 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| FitzSimons' Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus bernardi Fitzsimons, 1958 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tiny Scaled GeckoLygodactylus bivittis (Peters, 1883) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus blancae Pasteur, 1995 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blanc's Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus blanci Pasteur, 1967 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bons' Dwarf Day GeckoLygodactylus bonsi Pasteur, 1962 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bradfield's Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus bradfieldi Hewitt, 1932 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Broadley’s dwarf geckoLygodactylus broadleyi Pasteur, 1995 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Okavango Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus chobiensis Fitzsimons, 1932 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Conradt's Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus conradti Matschie, 1892 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cameroon Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus conraui Tornier, 1902 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Angel's Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus decaryi Angel, 1930 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Delicate Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus delicatus Pasteur, 1962 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zaire Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus depressus Schmidt, 1919 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Foulassi dwarf geckoLygodactylus dysmicus (Perret, 1963) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ambilobe Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus expectatus Pasteur & Blanc, 1968 | GekkonidaeChordata | 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.