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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mindanao Shrew MouseCrunomys melanius Thomas, 1907 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Katanglad Shrew MouseCrunomys suncoides Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza Jr. & Balete, 1998 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cruriraja cadenati Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962 | GurgesiellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cruriraja durbanensis (von Bonde & Swart, 1923) | GurgesiellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cruriraja poeyi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 | GurgesiellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cruziohyla calcarifer (Boulenger, 1902) | PhyllomedusidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cruziohyla craspedopus (Funkhouser, 1957) | PhyllomedusidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| dwarf wrymouthCryptacanthodes aleutensis (Gilbert, 1896) | CryptacanthodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Berg wrymouthCryptacanthodes bergi Lindberg, 1930 | CryptacanthodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peringuey’s Coastal Leaf-Toed GeckoCryptactites peringueyi (Boulenger, 1910) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptancistrus similis Fisch-Muller, Mol & Covain, 2018 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptarius daugueti (Chevey, 1932) | AriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Victorin's WarblerCryptillas victorini (Sundevall, 1860) | MacrosphenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cryptobatrachus boulengeri Ruthven, 1916 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cryptobatrachus fuhrmanni (Peracca, 1914) | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black Snake-eyed SkinkCryptoblepharus ater (Boettger, 1913) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptoblepharus bitaeniatus (Boettger, 1913) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Snake-eyed SkinkCryptoblepharus boutonii (Des Jardin, 1831) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptoblepharus burdeni Dunn, 1927 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptoblepharus caudatus (Sternfeld, 1918) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nosy Be Snake-eyed SkinkCryptoblepharus cognatus (Boettger, 1881) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Swanson’s snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus cygnatus Horner, 2007 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dappled snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus daedalos Horner, 2007 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptoblepharus eximius Girard, 1858 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-boulder Shinning-skinkCryptoblepharus fuhni Covacevich & Ingram, 1978 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptoblepharus furvus Horner, 2007 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arafura snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus gurrmul Horner, 2007 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptoblepharus leschenault (Cocteau, 1832) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coastal snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus litoralis (Mertens, 1958) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptoblepharus novohebridicus Mertens, 1928 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pale snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus ochrus Horner, 2007 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Callose-palmed Shinning-skinkCryptoblepharus plagiocephalus (Cocteau, 1836) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mottled Snake-eyed SkinkCryptoblepharus poecilopleurus (Wiegmann, 1836) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bright snake-eyed skink (clarus)Cryptoblepharus pulcher (Sternfeld, 1918) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptoblepharus richardsi Horner, 2007 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptoblepharus rutilus (Peters, 1879) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cream-striped Shinning-skinkCryptoblepharus virgatus (Garman, 1901) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Voeltzkow’s Snake-eyed SkinkCryptoblepharus voeltzkowi (Sternfeld, 1918) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spangled snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus wulbu Horner, 2007 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Agile snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus zoticus Horner, 2007 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin, 1789) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptocentroides gobioides (Ogilby, 1886) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| highfin shrimpgobyCryptocentrus altipinna Hoese, 2019 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptocentrus cebuanus Herre, 1927 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptocentrus cinctus (Herre, 1936) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ninebar gobyCryptocentrus cryptocentrus (Valenciennes, 1837) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia (Bleeker, 1853) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptocentrus fasciatus (Playfair, 1867) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptocentrus insignitus (Whitley, 1956) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptocentrus leptocephalus Bleeker, 1876 | GobiidaeChordata | 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.