🇪🇨Animals recorded in Ecuador

Which animals have been recorded in Ecuador? 180,676 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 212 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include culpeo, Galapagos Lava Lizard, humpback whale.

• 180,676 records
• 1,200+ species
• 62 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include culpeo, Galapagos Lava Lizard, humpback whale. 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 Ecuador

	Animal	Group	Records
	culpeo Lycalopex culpaeus	Mammalia Canidae	2,793
	Galapagos Lava Lizard Microlophus albemarlensis	Squamata Tropiduridae	2,561
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	1,415
	Smicridea murina	Insecta Hydropsychidae	1,262
	Smicridea ventridenticulata	Insecta Hydropsychidae	1,011
	Smicridea biserrulata	Insecta Hydropsychidae	866
	Baur's Leaf-toed Gecko Phyllodactylus baurii	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	772
	Large Painted Locust Schistocerca melanocera	Insecta Acrididae	746
	Marine Iguana Amblyrhynchus cristatus	Squamata Iguanidae	708
	Leschenius vulcanorum	Insecta Curculionidae	688
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	685
	Mitred Toad Rhinella margaritifera	Amphibia Bufonidae	661
	Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	571
	Forcipomyia genualis	Insecta Ceratopogonidae	567
	Oecetis bidigitata	Insecta Leptoceridae	555
	San Cristobal Lava Lizard Microlophus bivittatus	Squamata Tropiduridae	532
	Hood Lava Lizard Microlophus delanonis	Squamata Tropiduridae	507
	Smicridea acuminata	Insecta Hydropsychidae	506
	W Rainfrog Pristimantis w-nigrum	Amphibia Craugastoridae	471
	Great Fruit-Eating Bat Artibeus lituratus	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	442
	Black Andean toad Atelopus ignescens	Amphibia Bufonidae	414
	Olive Ridley Lepidochelys olivacea	Testudines Cheloniidae	391
	Smicridea gemina	Insecta Hydropsychidae	383
	Chimarra creagra	Insecta Philopotamidae	369
	Bufo toad Rhinella marina	Amphibia Bufonidae	367
	ocelot Leopardus pardalis	Mammalia Felidae	364
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	362
	Trichobius joblingi	Insecta Hippoboscidae	352
	Frillfin Goby Bathygobius soporator	— Gobiidae	345
	Small Ground-Finch Geospiza fuliginosa	Aves Thraupidae	339
	Medium Ground-Finch Geospiza fortis	Aves Thraupidae	339
	Tabanus vittiger	Insecta Tabanidae	325
	Hermetia flavipes	Insecta Stratiomyidae	319
	Southern Frillfin Bathygobius lineatus	— Gobiidae	317
	Galápagos carpenter bee Xylocopa darwini	Insecta Apidae	311
	Silky Short-Tailed Bat Carollia brevicaudum	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	308
	Galapagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki	Mammalia Otariidae	306
	Smicridea bivittata	Insecta Hydropsychidae	305
	Soft Grass Mouse Akodon mollis	Mammalia Cricetidae	287
	Common Thin-toed Frog Leptodactylus leptodactyloides	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	286
	green turtle Chelonia mydas	Testudines Cheloniidae	283
	Chimarra emima	Insecta Philopotamidae	279
	Cuico rain Frog Pristimantis unistrigatus	Amphibia Craugastoridae	276
	Galapagos Yellowtail Damselfish Stegastes arcifrons	— Pomacentridae	271
	Marchena Lava Lizard Microlophus habelii	Squamata Tropiduridae	271
	Cachabi Robber Frog Pristimantis achatinus	Amphibia Craugastoridae	269
	Boulenger's Rocket Frog Hyloxalus vertebralis	Amphibia Dendrobatidae	257
	Whistling Frog Leptodactylus wagneri	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	257
	Smicridea andicola	Insecta Hydropsychidae	251
	Myotis spec	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	238
	Ecuadorian Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga valens	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	235
	Intac Robber Frog Pristimantis curtipes	Amphibia Craugastoridae	233
	Common Pacific Iguana Microlophus pacificus	Squamata Tropiduridae	233
	Chimarra decimlobata	Insecta Philopotamidae	232
	Merosargus gracilis	Insecta Stratiomyidae	230
	Galapagos Leaf-toed Gecko Phyllodactylus galapagensis	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	229
	Achryson lineolatum	Insecta Cerambycidae	226
	Velvety free-tailed bat Molossus molossus	Mammalia Molossidae	220
	Nectopsyche argentata	Insecta Leptoceridae	219
	Espada's Rocket Frog Hyloxalus pulchellus	Amphibia Dendrobatidae	217