🇨🇺Animals recorded in Cuba

Which animals have been recorded in Cuba? 55,790 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 Swordfish, Common dolphinfish, Escolar.

• 55,790 records
• 1,200+ species
• 50 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Swordfish, Common dolphinfish, Escolar. 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 Cuba

	Animal	Group	Records
	Swordfish Xiphias gladius	— Xiphiidae	6,303
	Common dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus	— Coryphaenidae	2,848
	Escolar Lepidocybium flavobrunneum	— Gempylidae	1,637
	Yellow-fin Tunny Thunnus albacares	— Scombridae	1,622
	Bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus	— Scombridae	1,347
	Brown anole Anolis sagrei	Squamata Dactyloidae	628
	albacore Thunnus alalunga	— Scombridae	609
	Cuban tree frog Osteopilus septentrionalis	Amphibia Hylidae	588
	Cuban Green Anole Anolis porcatus	Squamata Dactyloidae	419
	Florida treesnail Liguus fasciatus	Gastropoda Orthalicidae	362
	Wahoo Acanthocybium solandri	— Scombridae	317
	Agelas sceptrum	Demospongiae Agelasidae	296
	Habana Anole Anolis homolechis	Squamata Dactyloidae	284
	Northern curlytail lizard Leiocephalus carinatus	Squamata Leiocephalidae	257
	yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	Insecta Culicidae	249
	Eastern Cuba Giant Toad Peltophryne peltocephala	Amphibia Bufonidae	224
	Ashy Gecko Sphaerodactylus elegans	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	205
	Auber's Ameiva Pholidoscelis auberi	Squamata Teiidae	190
	Tachysphex alayoi	Insecta Crabronidae	181
	Polymita picta	Gastropoda Cepolidae	180
	Cuban Curlytail Lizard Leiocephalus cubensis	Squamata Leiocephalidae	172
	Bueycito anole Anolis allogus	Squamata Dactyloidae	144
	Polymita muscarum	Gastropoda Cepolidae	143
	Melissodes leprieuri	Insecta Apidae	136
	Allison's Anole Anolis allisoni	Squamata Dactyloidae	131
	Lasioglossum mestrei	Insecta Halictidae	126
	Cerion mumia	Gastropoda Cerionidae	125
	Monte Verde Curlytail Lizard Leiocephalus macropus	Squamata Leiocephalidae	124
	Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii	Aves Trochilidae	119
	southern house mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus	Insecta Culicidae	118
	Mountain Curlytail Lizard Leiocephalus raviceps	Squamata Leiocephalidae	117
	West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris	Aves Picidae	116
	Cuban Racer Cubophis cantherigerus	Squamata Colubridae	114
	Cave Anole Anolis lucius	Squamata Dactyloidae	109
	Citron Sponge Agelas citrina	Demospongiae Agelasidae	106
	Five-striped Grass Anole Anolis ophiolepis	Squamata Dactyloidae	105
	Cuban Tody Todus multicolor	Aves Todidae	105
	Blackfin tuna Thunnus atlanticus	— Scombridae	104
	North Antillean slider Trachemys decussata	Testudines Emydidae	103
	Knight anole Anolis equestris	Squamata Dactyloidae	101
	Caribbean Water Snake Tretanorhinus variabilis	Squamata Colubridae	99
	Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina	Aves Parulidae	98
	Fernandina's Flicker Colaptes fernandinae	Aves Picidae	98
	Greenhouse Frog Eleutherodactylus planirostris	Amphibia Eleutherodactylidae	96
	Ocellated Dwarf Gecko Sphaerodactylus argus	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	96
	Monte Verde anole Anolis alutaceus	Squamata Dactyloidae	96
	Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus	Aves Picidae	95
	Cuban Parrot Amazona leucocephala	Aves Psittacidae	93
	Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata	Insecta Libellulidae	92
	Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus	Aves Trogonidae	92
	Oxybelus analis	Insecta Crabronidae	92
	Black and White Racer Caraiba andreae	Squamata Colubridae	91
	Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus	Aves Turdidae	87
	Centris fasciata	Insecta Apidae	85
	Cubitas Anole Anolis jubar	Squamata Dactyloidae	85
	Nacaeus dejectus	Insecta Staphylinidae	84
	western honey bee Apis mellifera	Insecta Apidae	84
	Agelas dilatata	Demospongiae Agelasidae	84
	Liguus flamellus	Gastropoda Orthalicidae	84
	banded caracol Caracolus marginella	Gastropoda Solaropsidae	83