🇪🇷Animals recorded in Eritrea

Which animals have been recorded in Eritrea? 2,293 occurrence records cover 583 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 11592253 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Benoue Agama, Subdesert Toad, Eritrean Smooth Clawed Frog.

• 2,293 records
• 583 species
• 27 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Benoue Agama, Subdesert Toad, Eritrean Smooth Clawed Frog. 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 Eritrea

	Animal	Group	Records
	Benoue Agama Agama doriae	Squamata Agamidae	68
	Subdesert Toad Sclerophrys xeros	Amphibia Bufonidae	63
	Eritrean Smooth Clawed Frog Xenopus clivii	Amphibia Pipidae	62
	Blanford's Toad Sclerophrys blanfordii	Amphibia Bufonidae	56
	Asmara Toad Sclerophrys asmarae	Amphibia Bufonidae	38
	Ringed Wall Gecko Tarentola annularis	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	36
	Kachowski's Sand Frog Tomopterna kachowskii	Amphibia Pyxicephalidae	31
	Natal Frog Phrynobatrachus natalensis	Amphibia Phrynobatrachidae	29
	Plague Flea Xenopsylla cheopis	Insecta Pulicidae	25
	Ragazzi's Fan-footed Gecko Ptyodactylus ragazzii	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	20
	Greater Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus inflatus	Mammalia Miniopteridae	17
	Common Hairstreak Hypolycaena philippus	Insecta Lycaenidae	16
	giant sea catfish Netuma thalassina	— Ariidae	14
	Eritrean Helmeted Turtle Pelomedusa gehafie	Testudines Pelomedusidae	14
	Mimic Hypolimnas misippus	Insecta Nymphalidae	13
	African Caper White Belenois aurota	Insecta Pieridae	12
	Eritrean Ridgeback Agama Acanthocercus annectens	Squamata Agamidae	12
	Black-marked Orange Tip Colotis daira	Insecta Pieridae	12
	Diadema setosum	Echinoidea Diadematidae	12
	Banded Scarlet Tip Colotis danae	Insecta Pieridae	11
	Bluebell Blenny Alloblennius pictus	— Blenniidae	11
	Black-necked Tree Agama Acanthocercus cyanogaster	Squamata Agamidae	11
	Spotted Sugar Ant Camponotus maculatus	Insecta Formicidae	10
	lesser pumpkin fly Dacus ciliatus	Insecta Tephritidae	10
	African Chameleon Chamaeleo africanus	Squamata Chamaeleonidae	10
	Blanford's Sand Racer Pseuderemias mucronata	Squamata Lacertidae	10
	Andersson's Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus laticaudatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	10
	Broadbanded cardinalfish Ostorhinchus fasciatus	— Apogonidae	10
	Blue Spotted Arab Colotis phisadia	Insecta Pieridae	9
	Plain Orange-tip Colotis aurora	Insecta Pieridae	9
	Small Salmon Arab Colotis amata	Insecta Pieridae	9
	Black-striped Hairtail Anthene amarah	Insecta Lycaenidae	9
	Egyptian Saw-scaled Viper Echis pyramidum	Squamata Viperidae	9
	Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta	Insecta Nymphalidae	9
	Common Long-tailed Lizard Latastia longicaudata	Squamata Lacertidae	9
	Cheilopogon marisrubri	— Exocoetidae	8
	Round Winged Orange Tip Colotis euippe	Insecta Pieridae	8
	African Babul Blue Azanus jesous	Insecta Lycaenidae	8
	yellowfin toxic goby Yongeichthys criniger	— Gobiidae	8
	Blackline Fangblenny Meiacanthus nigrolineatus	— Blenniidae	8
	twocolour blenny Ecsenius frontalis	— Blenniidae	8
	Snubnose emperor Lethrinus borbonicus	— Lethrinidae	8
	Fourline Wrasse Larabicus quadrilineatus	— Labridae	8
	Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus clivosus	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	8
	Largescale flyingfish Cypselurus oligolepis	— Exocoetidae	8
	Egyptian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris thebaica	Mammalia Nycteridae	8
	Olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae	Insecta Tephritidae	8
	Blue-green Chromis Chromis viridis	— Pomacentridae	8
	Diaphorina heslopharrisoni	Insecta Liviidae	8
	Zebra White Pinacopteryx eriphia	Insecta Pieridae	7
	Banded Gold Tip Colotis eris	Insecta Pieridae	7
	Yellow Splendor Colotis protomedia	Insecta Pieridae	7
	Blackspot snapper Lutjanus fulviflamma	— Lutjanidae	7
	Moon wrasse Thalassoma lunare	— Labridae	7
	Benguella Grassland Frog Ptychadena anchietae	Amphibia Ptychadenidae	7
	Eritrea Orangetail Lizard Philochortus spinalis	Squamata Lacertidae	7
	Wohlfahrtia erythrocera	Insecta Sarcophagidae	6
	Arabian monocle bream Scolopsis ghanam	— Nemipteridae	6
	Desert Orange-tip Colotis evagore	Insecta Pieridae	6
	olive dottyback Pseudochromis olivaceus	— Pseudochromidae	6