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 |
|---|---|---|
| Colima Giant WhiptailAspidoscelis communis (Cope, 1878) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Isla San José WhiptailAspidoscelis danheimae (Burt, 1929) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blackbelly RacerunnerAspidoscelis deppii (Wiegmann, 1834) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gray Checkered WhiptailAspidoscelis dixoni (Scudday, 1973) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chihuahuan Spotted WhiptailAspidoscelis exsanguis (Lowe, 1956) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican RacerunnerAspidoscelis guttatus (Wiegmann, 1834) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aspidoscelis hyperythrus (Cope, 1863) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Little Striped WhiptailAspidoscelis inornatus (Baird, 1859) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baja California WhiptailAspidoscelis labialis (Stejneger, 1890) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laredo Striped WhiptailAspidoscelis laredoensis (Mckinney, Kay & Anderson, 1973) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern Marbled Whiptail [reticuloriens]Aspidoscelis marmoratus (Baird & Girard, 1852) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maslin’s WhiptailAspidoscelis maslini (Fritts, 1969) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Region WhiptailAspidoscelis maximus (Cope, 1863) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican WhiptailAspidoscelis mexicanus (Peters, 1869) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Giant WhiptailAspidoscelis motaguae (Sackett, 1941) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Colorado Checkered WhiptailAspidoscelis neotesselatus (Walker, Cordes & Taylor, 1997) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| OpataWhiptailAspidoscelis opatae (Wright, 1967) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican Pigmy WhiptailAspidoscelis parvisocius (Zweifel, 1960) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aspidoscelis preopatae | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rodeck's WhiptailAspidoscelis rodecki (Mccoy & Maslin, 1962) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tiger WhiptailAspidoscelis tigris (Baird & Girard, 1852) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boie's Rough-sided SnakeAspidura brachyorrhos (Boie, 1827) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ceylon KeelbackAspidura ceylonensis (Günther, 1858) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aspidura copei Günther, 1864 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drummond-Hay's Rough-sided SnakeAspidura drummondhayi Boulenger, 1904 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aspiolucius esocinus (Kessler, 1874) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aspiorhynchus laticeps (Day, 1877) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aspistor hardenbergi (Kailola, 2000) | AriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aspistor luniscutis (Valenciennes, 1840) | AriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aspistor quadriscutis (Valenciennes, 1840) | AriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asprocottus herzensteini Berg, 1906 | AbyssocottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asprocottus minor Sideleva, 2001 | AbyssocottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asprocottus parmiferus Taliev, 1955 | AbyssocottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paraguay MabuyaAspronema dorsivittatum (Cope, 1862) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asquamiceps caeruleus Markle, 1980 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asquamiceps hjorti (Koefoed, 1927) | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asquamiceps longmani Fowler, 1934 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asquamiceps velaris Zugmayer, 1911 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Assa darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1933) | MyobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Assessor randalli Allen & Kuiter, 1976 | PlesiopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Assiculoides desmonotus Gill & Hutchins, 1997 | PseudochromidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Assiculus punctatus Richardson, 1846 | PseudochromidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Short-headed tyranfishAssurger anzac (Alexander, 1917) | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astatheros macracanthus (Günther, 1864) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astatoreochromis alluaudi Pellegrin, 1904 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astatotilapia burtoni (Günther, 1894) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astatotilapia calliptera (Günther, 1894) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astatotilapia flaviijosephi (Lortet, 1883) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astatotilapia swynnertoni (Boulenger, 1907) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astatotilapia tchadensis Trape, 2016 | CichlidaeChordata | 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.