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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata (Ménétriés, 1832) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra (Linnaeus, 1766) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tibetan LarkMelanocorypha maxima Blyth, 1867 | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mongolian LarkMelanocorypha mongolica (Pallas, 1776) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black LarkMelanocorypha yeltoniensis (J. R. Forster, 1768) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bridled FinchMelanodera melanodera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | ThraupidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hooded RobinMelanodryas cucullata (Latham, 1802) | PetroicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky RobinMelanodryas vittata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) | PetroicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| haddockMelanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) | GadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bigscale deepsea smeltMelanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929) | BathylagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dusky MelanomysMelanomys caliginosus (Tomes, 1860) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Robust Dark Rice RatMelanomys robustulus Thomas, 1914 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| pelagic codMelanonus gracilis Günther, 1878 | MelanonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanonus okamurai Li, 2011 | MelanonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pelagic codMelanonus zugmayeri Norman, 1930 | MelanonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elegant CrescentchestMelanopareia elegans (R. P. Lesson, 1844) | MelanopareiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Collared CrescentchestMelanopareia torquata (M. Wied-Neuwied, 1831) | MelanopareiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Two-lined Black Earth SnakeMelanophidium bilineatum Beddome, 1870 | UropeltidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Khaire's Earth SnakeMelanophidium khairei Gower, Giri, Captain & Wilkinson, 2016 | UropeltidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Beddome's Black Earth SnakeMelanophidium punctatum Beddome, 1871 | UropeltidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indian Black Earth SnakeMelanophidium wynaudense (Beddome, 1863) | UropeltidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanophorichthys parvipsittus Conway, Moore & Summers, 2024 | GobiesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus admirabilis Di-Bernardo, Maneyro & Grillo, 2006 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus alipioi Langone, Segalla, Bornschein & de Sá, 2008 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus atroluteus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus biancae Bornschein, Baldo, Pie, Firkowski, Ribeiro & Corrêa, 2015 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus cambaraensis Braun & Braun, 1979 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus cupreuscapularis Céspedez & Alvarez, 2000 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus devincenzii Klappenbach, 1968 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus estebani Céspedez, 2008 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus fulvoguttatus (Mertens, 1937) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus klappenbachi Prigioni & Langone, 2000 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus krauczuki Baldo & Basso, 2004 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus langonei Maneyro, Naya & Baldo, 2008 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus macrogranulosus Braun, 1973 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus montevidensis (Philippi, 1902) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus moreirae (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus pachyrhynus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus paraguayensis Céspedez & Motte, 2007 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus peritus Caramaschi & Cruz, 2011 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus rubriventris (Vellard, 1947) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus sanmartini Klappenbach, 1968 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus setiba Peloso, Faivovich, Grant, Gasparini & Haddad, 2012 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus simplex Caramaschi & Cruz, 2002 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus spectabilis Caramaschi & Cruz, 2002 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus stelzneri (Weyenbergh, 1875) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus tumifrons (Boulenger, 1905) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanophryniscus xanthostomus Baldo, Bornschein, Pie, Ribeiro, Firkowski & Morato, 2015 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black CatbirdMelanoptila glabrirostris P. L. Sclater, 1858 | MimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanorectes nigrescens (Schlegel, 1871) | PachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.