🇩🇿Animals recorded in Algeria

Which animals have been recorded in Algeria? 94,789 occurrence records cover 758 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 216 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Lesser Black-backed Gull, Montagu's Harrier, Eurasian Marsh-Harrier.

• 94,789 records
• 758 species
• 35 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Lesser Black-backed Gull, Montagu's Harrier, Eurasian Marsh-Harrier. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Algeria

	Animal	Group	Records
	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Aves Laridae	87,481
	Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	Aves Accipitridae	2,761
	Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus	Aves Accipitridae	1,506
	Green Toad Bufotes viridis	Amphibia Bufonidae	63
	Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibundus	Amphibia Ranidae	57
	European anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus	— Engraulidae	46
	Bosc's Fringe-toed lizard Acanthodactylus boskianus	Squamata Lacertidae	44
	Checkerboard worm lizard Trogonophis wiegmanni	Squamata Trogonophidae	43
	lesser Egyptian jerboa Jaculus jaculus	Mammalia Dipodidae	40
	Rhynchalastor fastidiosissimus	Insecta Eumenidae	37
	Anopheles maculipennis	Insecta Culicidae	35
	Benoit's lanternfish Hygophum benoiti	— Myctophidae	28
	Subdesert Toad Sclerophrys xeros	Amphibia Bufonidae	27
	Naiades cantrainii	Polychaeta Phyllodocidae	25
	spotted lanternfish Myctophum punctatum	— Myctophidae	25
	Ocellated Bronze Skink Chalcides ocellatus	Squamata Scincidae	25
	Sandfish Skink Scincus scincus	Squamata Scincidae	24
	Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii	Insecta Chrysomelidae	23
	Libyan Jird Meriones libycus	Mammalia Muridae	23
	Torrea candida	Polychaeta Phyllodocidae	22
	European pilchard Sardina pilchardus	— Clupeidae	22
	Viperine Snake Natrix maura	Squamata Colubridae	22
	Boa dragonfish Stomias boa	— Stomiidae	22
	Berber Toad Sclerophrys mauritanica	Amphibia Bufonidae	20
	Dabba mastigure Uromastyx acanthinura	Squamata Agamidae	20
	Sténodactyle commun Stenodactylus sthenodactylus	Squamata Gekkonidae	20
	Ragazzi's Fan-footed Gecko Ptyodactylus ragazzii	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	19
	Anopheles superpictus	Insecta Culicidae	18
	Vanadis formosa	Polychaeta Phyllodocidae	18
	Togo Fan-footed gecko Ptyodactylus togoensis	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	18
	Anderson's Short-fingered Gecko Stenodactylus petrii	Squamata Gekkonidae	18
	Garrick Cyclothone braueri	— Gonostomatidae	17
	Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	17
	Algerian Fan-fingered Gecko Ptyodactylus oudrii	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	17
	Desert Agama Trapelus mutabilis	Squamata Agamidae	17
	Anopheles claviger	Insecta Culicidae	16
	Dofleini's lanternfish Lobianchia dofleini	— Myctophidae	16
	Northeast African Spiny Mouse Acomys cahirinus	Mammalia Muridae	16
	Madeira lantern fish Ceratoscopelus maderensis	— Myctophidae	16
	Desert Wall Gecko Tarentola deserti	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	15
	African Wall Gecko Tarentola ephippiata	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	15
	Sahara mastigure Uromastyx geyri	Squamata Agamidae	14
	slender lightfish Vinciguerria attenuata	— Phosichthyidae	14
	North african elephant shrew Elephantulus rozeti	Mammalia Macroscelididae	13
	Greater white-toothed shrew Crocidura russula	Mammalia Soricidae	13
	Iberian ribbed newt Pleurodeles waltl	Amphibia Salamandridae	12
	Pigmy bristlemouth Cyclothone pygmaea	— Gonostomatidae	12
	Maghrebian mouse-eared bat Myotis punicus	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	12
	Sundevall's Jird Meriones crassus	Mammalia Muridae	12
	Tassili Agama Agama tassiliensis	Squamata Agamidae	12
	Marbled Crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus	Malacostraca Grapsidae	11
	Lopadorrhynchus uncinatus	Polychaeta Lopadorrhynchidae	11
	Jewel lanternfish Lampanyctus crocodilus	— Myctophidae	11
	small lantern fish Diaphus holti	— Myctophidae	11
	Acanthobothrium minus	Cestoda Onchobothriidae	11
	Rough Jet Slug Milax nigricans	Gastropoda Milacidae	11
	Iberian Grass Snake Natrix astreptophora	Squamata Colubridae	11
	Stripeless Tree Frog Hyla meridionalis	Amphibia Hylidae	10
	Spotted Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus maculatus	Squamata Lacertidae	10
	Leptoconchus massini	Gastropoda Muricidae	10