🇩🇴Animals recorded in the Dominican Republic

Which animals have been recorded in the Dominican Republic? 36,000 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 humpback whale, Largehead anole, Orbicella limbata.

• 36,000 records
• 1,200+ species
• 38 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include humpback whale, Largehead anole, Orbicella limbata. 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 the Dominican Republic

	Animal	Group	Records
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	3,228
	Largehead anole Anolis cybotes	Squamata Dactyloidae	505
	Orbicella limbata	Anthozoa Merulinidae	493
	Bark Anole Anolis distichus	Squamata Dactyloidae	453
	Trachyphyllia bilobata	Anthozoa Merulinidae	343
	Swordfish Xiphias gladius	— Xiphiidae	293
	Paululusus hispaniolae	Insecta Curculionidae	286
	Jamaican fruit bat Artibeus jamaicensis	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	274
	Velvety free-tailed bat Molossus molossus	Mammalia Molossidae	263
	Mexican free-tailed bat Tadarida brasiliensis	Mammalia Molossidae	254
	Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus waterhousii	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	246
	Etheridge's Anole Anolis etheridgei	Squamata Dactyloidae	225
	Cuban Fruit-eating Bat Brachyphylla nana	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	214
	Antillocyathus trinitatis	Anthozoa Caryophylliidae	212
	Dominican Treefrog Osteopilus dominicensis	Amphibia Hylidae	211
	Brazilian rose coral Meandrina brasiliensis	Anthozoa Meandrinidae	204
	Abbott's Robber Frog Eleutherodactylus abbotti	Amphibia Eleutherodactylidae	203
	Hispaniolan Grass Anole Anolis semilineatus	Squamata Dactyloidae	201
	Leach's Single Leaf Bat Monophyllus redmani	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	186
	Sooty Mustached Bat Pteronotus quadridens	Mammalia Mormoopidae	182
	Macrops cryptops	Insecta Curculionidae	181
	Placocyathus variabilis	Anthozoa Caryophylliidae	176
	Artipus psittacinus	Insecta Curculionidae	175
	Common Ameiva Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus	Squamata Teiidae	174
	lettuce coral Agaricia agaricites	Anthozoa Agariciidae	171
	Haitian curlytail lizard Leiocephalus personatus	Squamata Leiocephalidae	170
	Big-fanned Trunk Anole Anolis christophei	Squamata Dactyloidae	158
	Hispaniola green anole Anolis chlorocyanus	Squamata Dactyloidae	157
	Purple Bluet Enallagma coecum	Insecta Coenagrionidae	157
	Dracoderes spyro	Allomalorhagida Dracoderidae	151
	Auleutes inspersus	Insecta Curculionidae	148
	Antillean ghost-faced bat Mormoops blainvillei	Mammalia Mormoopidae	148
	Brown Flower Bat Erophylla bombifrons	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	145
	Red-sided Curly-tailed Lizard Leiocephalus schreibersii	Squamata Leiocephalidae	138
	false knob coral Montastraea cavernosa	Anthozoa Montastraeidae	129
	Dominican Mountain Robber Frog Eleutherodactylus montanus	Amphibia Eleutherodactylidae	129
	Altagracia Speckled Geckolet Sphaerodactylus savagei	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	121
	Hispaniolan Common Mustached Bat Pteronotus pusillus	Mammalia Mormoopidae	120
	Big-headed ant Pheidole moerens	Insecta Formicidae	118
	Palmchat Dulus dominicus	Aves Dulidae	118
	Hispaniolan Red-rumped Frog Eleutherodactylus weinlandi	Amphibia Eleutherodactylidae	116
	Solenopsis pollux	Insecta Formicidae	114
	Manicina grandis	Anthozoa Faviidae	110
	Cuban Flower Bat Phyllonycteris poeyi	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	108
	Desert Gracile Anole Anolis brevirostris	Squamata Dactyloidae	106
	Cope's Antilles Snake Hypsirhynchus parvifrons	Squamata Colubridae	106
	Yellow-fin Tunny Thunnus albacares	— Scombridae	105
	Diquini Robber Frog Eleutherodactylus inoptatus	Amphibia Eleutherodactylidae	100
	Pseudomopsis inflatus	Insecta Curculionidae	99
	Linepithema dispertitum	Insecta Formicidae	99
	Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata	Insecta Libellulidae	99
	Rambur's Forktail Ischnura ramburii	Insecta Coenagrionidae	98
	Antillean Sylph Macrothemis celeno	Insecta Libellulidae	98
	Ant Pyramica eggersi	Insecta Formicidae	96
	Bahoruco Long-snouted Anole Anolis bahorucoensis	Squamata Dactyloidae	96
	Hispaniolan Streamside Frog Eleutherodactylus schmidti	Amphibia Eleutherodactylidae	95
	Common Treefrog Osteopilus pulchrilineatus	Amphibia Hylidae	94
	Difficult Least Geckko Sphaerodactylus difficilis	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	94
	Buenaventura Robber Frog Eleutherodactylus flavescens	Amphibia Eleutherodactylidae	90
	Buffy Flower Bat Erophylla sezekorni	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	90