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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lygodactylus tuberosus Mertens, 1965 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus ulli Vences, Multzsch, Gippner, Miralles, Crottini, Gehring, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Glaw & Scherz, 2022 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mocquard's Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus verticillatus Mocquard, 1895 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Copal dwarf geckoLygodactylus viscatus Vaillant, 1873 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Waterberg Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus waterbergensis Jacobsen, 1992 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| South American Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus wetzeli (Smith, Martin & Swain, 1977) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Williams' Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus williamsi Loveridge, 1952 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus winki Vences, Multzsch, Gippner, Miralles, Crottini, Gehring, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Glaw & Scherz, 2022 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mt. Kenya dwarf geckoLygodactylus wojnowskii Malonza, Granthon & Williams, 2016 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Golden-belly snakeLygophis anomalus (Günther, 1858) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lema's Ground SnakeLygophis dilepis Cope, 1862 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygophis elegantissimus (Koslowsky, 1896) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygophis meridionalis (Schenkel, 1901) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoge's Ground SnakeLygophis paucidens Hoge, 1953 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanzolini's Ground SnakeLygophis vanzolinii (Dixon, 1985) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Angel's Writhing SkinkLygosoma angeli (Smith, 1937) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bampfylde’s Supple SkinkLygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygosoma boehmei Ziegler, Schmitz, Heidrich, Vu & Nguyen, 2007 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fat SkinkLygosoma corpulentum Smith, 1921 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Harold Young's Supple SkinkLygosoma haroldyoungi (Taylor, 1962) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Even-toed Supple SkinkLygosoma isodactylum (Günther, 1864) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kinabatangan Supple SkinkLygosoma kinabatanganense Grismer, Quah, Duzulkafly & Yambun, 2018 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Koraten Writhing SkinkLygosoma koratense Smith, 1917 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| peninsula supple skinkLygosoma peninsulare Grismer, Quah, Duzulkafly & Yambun, 2018 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sumatran Supple SkinkLygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Siamese Supple SkinkLygosoma siamense Siler, Heitz, Davis, Freitas, Aowphol, Termprayoon & Grismer, 2018 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygosoma singha (Taylor, 1950) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Palawan Supple SkinkLygosoma tabonorum Heitz, Diesmos, Freitas, Ellsworth & Grismer, 2016 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich, 1764) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lynchius flavomaculatus (Parker, 1938) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lynchius megacephalus Sánchez-Nivicela, Urgilés, Navarrete, Yánez-Muñoz & Ron, 2019 | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lynchius nebulanastes (Cannatella, 1984) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lynchius oblitus Motta, Chaparro, Pombal, Guayasamin, De la Riva & Padial, 2016 | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lynchius parkeri (Lynch, 1975) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lynchius simmonsi (Lynch, 1974) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lynchius tabaconas Motta, Chaparro, Pombal, Guayasamin, De la Riva & Padial, 2016 | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lynchius waynehollomonae Venegas, García Ayachi, Ormeño, Bullard, Catenazzi & Motta, 2021 | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Patagonian WeaselLyncodon patagonicus (de Blainville, 1842) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Eared NightjarLyncornis macrotis (Vigors, 1831) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malaysian Eared NightjarLyncornis temminckii Gould, 1838 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Canada lynxLynx canadensis Kerr, 1792 | FelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Iberian LynxLynx pardinus (Temminck, 1827) | FelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| BobcatLynx rufus (Schreber, 1777) | FelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| slender soleLyopsetta exilis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| LyreShead LizardLyriocephalus scutatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Greater Asian False-vampireLyroderma lyra (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810) | MegadermatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caucasian Black GrouseLyrurus mlokosiewiczi (Taczanowski, 1875) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix (Linnaeus, 1758) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lythrichthys cypho (Fowler, 1938) | SetarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lythrichthys dentatus Wada, Kai & Motomura, 2021 | SetarchidaeChordata | 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.