🇨🇲Animals recorded in Cameroon

Which animals have been recorded in Cameroon? 15,574 occurrence records cover 1,200+ 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 Mona Monkey, Golden-eyed Reed Frog, Black-bellied Seedcracker.

• 15,574 records
• 1,200+ species
• 36 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Mona Monkey, Golden-eyed Reed Frog, Black-bellied Seedcracker. 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 Cameroon

	Animal	Group	Records
	Mona Monkey Cercopithecus mona	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	166
	Golden-eyed Reed Frog Hyperolius ocellatus	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	148
	Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus	Aves Estrildidae	147
	West African Screeching Frog Arthroleptis poecilonotus	Amphibia Arthroleptidae	139
	Congo Caecilian Herpele squalostoma	Amphibia Herpelidae	125
	greater spot-nosed monkey Cercopithecus nictitans	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	125
	Riggenbach's Reed Frog Hyperolius riggenbachi	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	100
	Lime Reed Frog Hyperolius fusciventris	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	85
	Variable Reed Frog Hyperolius concolor	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	84
	Striped Spiny Reed Frog Afrixalus fulvovittatus	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	82
	Hairy Frog Trichobatrachus robustus	Amphibia Arthroleptidae	80
	Gaboon Forest Frog Scotobleps gabonicus	Amphibia Arthroleptidae	77
	Foulassi Banana Frog Afrixalus paradorsalis	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	76
	Red Treefrog Leptopelis rufus	Amphibia Arthroleptidae	75
	African Brown Water Snake Afronatrix anoscopus	Squamata Colubridae	70
	Medje Reed Frog Hyperolius bolifambae	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	67
	Ethiopia Reed Frog Hyperolius balfouri	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	66
	Forest Screeching Frog Arthroleptis sylvaticus	Amphibia Arthroleptidae	64
	fiveblotch jewelfish Hemichromis elongatus	— Cichlidae	60
	yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	Insecta Culicidae	56
	Efulen Forest Treefrog Leptopelis calcaratus	Amphibia Arthroleptidae	55
	drill Mandrillus leucophaeus	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	55
	Cosmopolitan House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia	Squamata Gekkonidae	54
	Giant slippery frog Conraua goliath	Amphibia Conrauidae	53
	Gaboon Caecilian Geotrypetes seraphini	Amphibia Dermophiidae	52
	gorilla Gorilla gorilla	Mammalia Hominidae	51
	Golden Puddle Frog Phrynobatrachus auritus	Amphibia Phrynobatrachidae	49
	Common agama Agama agama	Squamata Agamidae	49
	Abo Slippery Frog Conraua crassipes	Amphibia Conrauidae	49
	Striped Spiny Reed Frog Afrixalus dorsalis	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	48
	Amnirana albolabris	Amphibia Ranidae	48
	Gaboon Forest Treefrog Leptopelis aubryi	Amphibia Arthroleptidae	47
	African Swamp Frog Phrynobatrachus africanus	Amphibia Phrynobatrachidae	45
	Black and White Cobra Naja melanoleuca	Squamata Elapidae	44
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	42
	Prince Demidoff's galago Galagoides demidoff	Mammalia Galagidae	42
	Spotted Night Adder Causus maculatus	Squamata Viperidae	41
	Boutry River Frog Phrynobatrachus calcaratus	Amphibia Phrynobatrachidae	41
	Chalky Reed Frog Hyperolius nitidulus	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	40
	Laccoptera corrugata	Insecta Chrysomelidae	40
	Broad-banded Ridged Frog Ptychadena mascareniensis	Amphibia Ptychadenidae	39
	Buea Screeching Frog Arthroleptis variabilis	Amphibia Arthroleptidae	39
	Rainforest Reed Frog Hyperolius tuberculatus	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	39
	African Redfinned Barb Enteromius camptacanthus	— Cyprinidae	39
	long-finned characin Brycinus longipinnis	— Alestidae	37
	Glossina palpalis	Insecta Glossinidae	37
	Electric Catfish Malapterurus beninensis	— Malapteruridae	36
	Northern Needle-clawed Bushbaby Euoticus pallidus	Mammalia Galagidae	36
	Peters's Hybomys Hybomys univittatus	Mammalia Muridae	36
	Hallowell's Toad Sclerophrys maculata	Amphibia Bufonidae	35
	Loder's Kob Kobus loderi	Mammalia Bovidae	35
	Amnirana lepus	Amphibia Ranidae	35
	Duque Reed Frog Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	35
	Cameroon stumptail chameleon Rhampholeon spectrum	Squamata Chamaeleonidae	35
	Labeobarbus batesii	— Cyprinidae	35
	Cameroon Sailfin Chameleon Trioceros montium	Squamata Chamaeleonidae	34
	Cyclops Leaf-nosed Bat Doryrhina cyclops	Mammalia Hipposideridae	33
	African Burrowing Boa Calabaria reinhardtii	Squamata Boidae	33
	African Foam-nest Treefrog Chiromantis rufescens	Amphibia Rhacophoridae	33
	Bakossi Reed Frog Hyperolius dintelmanni	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	33