🇬🇭Animals recorded in Ghana

Which animals have been recorded in Ghana? 94,390 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 yellow fever mosquito, Eurasian Marsh-Harrier, Angolan free-tailed bat.

• 94,390 records
• 1,200+ species
• 39 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include yellow fever mosquito, Eurasian Marsh-Harrier, Angolan free-tailed bat. 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 Ghana

	Animal	Group	Records
	yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	Insecta Culicidae	6,024
	Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus	Aves Accipitridae	2,557
	Angolan free-tailed bat Mops condylurus	Mammalia Molossidae	473
	Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus gambianus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	459
	Lesser Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus pusillus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	314
	Large-eared Slit-faced Bat Nycteris macrotis	Mammalia Nycteridae	269
	Railer Bat Mops thersites	Mammalia Molossidae	265
	Franquet's Epauletted Bat Epomops franqueti	Mammalia Pteropodidae	264
	Typical Lemniscomys Lemniscomys striatus	Mammalia Muridae	261
	Temminck's mouse Mus musculoides	Mammalia Muridae	241
	West African Screeching Frog Arthroleptis poecilonotus	Amphibia Arthroleptidae	234
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	230
	Aedes vittatus	Insecta Culicidae	204
	Gracile Tateril Taterillus gracilis	Mammalia Muridae	192
	Common agama Agama agama	Squamata Agamidae	185
	African Common Toad Sclerophrys regularis	Amphibia Bufonidae	176
	Gaboon Caecilian Geotrypetes seraphini	Amphibia Dermophiidae	169
	Tullberg's Praomys Praomys tullbergi	Mammalia Muridae	159
	Amnirana albolabris	Amphibia Ranidae	144
	Savannah Tree Frog Leptopelis viridis	Amphibia Arthroleptidae	142
	Boutry River Frog Phrynobatrachus calcaratus	Amphibia Phrynobatrachidae	137
	Gambian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris gambiensis	Mammalia Nycteridae	134
	Brook's gekko Hemidactylus brookii	Squamata Gekkonidae	134
	Striped Spiny Reed Frog Afrixalus dorsalis	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	126
	Little Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon pumilus	Mammalia Molossidae	123
	Gray Spiny Mouse Acomys cineraceus	Mammalia Muridae	119
	Maghreb Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros tephrus	Mammalia Hipposideridae	117
	Dotted Reed Frog Hyperolius guttulatus	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	114
	Nagtglas's African Dormouse Graphiurus nagtglasii	Mammalia Gliridae	108
	Rudd's Bristle-furred Rat Uranomys ruddi	Mammalia Muridae	102
	Ahl's River Frog Phrynobatrachus latifrons	Amphibia Phrynobatrachidae	101
	Chalky Reed Frog Hyperolius nitidulus	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	100
	Hairy Slit-faced Bat Nycteris hispida	Mammalia Nycteridae	98
	Sierra Leone Free-tailed Bat Mops brachypterus	Mammalia Molossidae	97
	Peters's Mouse Mus setulosus	Mammalia Muridae	93
	Coast River Frog Phrynobatrachus plicatus	Amphibia Phrynobatrachidae	90
	African Banded Forest Gecko Hemidactylus fasciatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	90
	Hallowell's Toad Sclerophrys maculata	Amphibia Bufonidae	88
	Dalton's Praomys Praomys daltoni	Mammalia Muridae	88
	Giant Swamp Frog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	88
	Red-legged Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus rufobrachium	Mammalia Sciuridae	87
	Coast Worm Lizard Cynisca leucura	Squamata Amphisbaenidae	84
	Allen's Hylomyscus Hylomyscus alleni	Mammalia Muridae	79
	Guinean Forest Skink Mochlus guineensis	Squamata Scincidae	77
	African Arvicanthis Arvicanthis niloticus	Mammalia Muridae	76
	Senegal Land Frog Kassina senegalensis	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	75
	Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis	Mammalia Muridae	73
	Edwards' Malacomys Malacomys edwardsi	Mammalia Muridae	71
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	70
	Buettikofer's Epauletted Bat Epomops buettikoferi	Mammalia Pteropodidae	69
	African giant shrew Crocidura olivieri	Mammalia Soricidae	68
	Variable Reed Frog Hyperolius concolor	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	67
	Red-headed agama Agama picticauda	Squamata Agamidae	67
	Forest Clawed Frog Xenopus tropicalis	Amphibia Pipidae	67
	Spotted Night Adder Causus maculatus	Squamata Viperidae	66
	Snouted Grassland Frog Ptychadena longirostris	Amphibia Ptychadenidae	65
	Two-colored Blind Snake Tricheilostoma bicolor	Squamata Leptotyphlopidae	65
	Shovel-nosed Burrowing Frog Hemisus marmoratus	Amphibia Hemisotidae	63
	Little Collared Fruit Bat Myonycteris torquata	Mammalia Pteropodidae	63
	Sooty Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros fuliginosus	Mammalia Hipposideridae	63