🇬🇹Animals recorded in Guatemala

Which animals have been recorded in Guatemala? 62,546 occurrence records cover 1,200+ 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 Long-nosed Climbing Salamander, Coffee Earth Snake, Goebel's False Brook Salamander.

62,546 records
1,200+ species
34 classes

Country evidence passport

Evidence found

62,546 coordinate-bearing animal records; 1,200+ species facets.

GT is the stable ISO place code.

Source coverage

GBIF Animalia occurrence facets for this country, restricted to CC0 records.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect GBIF.

What this means

The listed species have reusable occurrence evidence in the stated source universe.

Rows are ordered by record count.

What this does not mean

The list is not a census, abundance ranking, native-range claim or guarantee of current presence.

Missing or low counts can reflect uneven survey effort.

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Long-nosed Climbing Salamander, Coffee Earth Snake, Goebel's False Brook Salamander. 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 Guatemala

Animal	Group	Records
Long-nosed Climbing Salamander Bolitoglossa rostrata	Amphibia Plethodontidae	2,765
Coffee Earth Snake Geophis nasalis	Squamata Colubridae	2,077
Goebel's False Brook Salamander Pseudoeurycea goebeli	Amphibia Plethodontidae	2,010
Royal False Brook Salamander Pseudoeurycea rex	Amphibia Plethodontidae	1,587
Volcan Tajumulco Bromeliad Salamander Dendrotriton bromeliacius	Amphibia Plethodontidae	1,424
Black-bellied Salamander Bolitoglossa franklini	Amphibia Plethodontidae	1,180
Brown False Brook Salamander Pseudoeurycea brunnata	Amphibia Plethodontidae	1,162
Mexican caecilian Dermophis mexicanus	Amphibia Dermophiidae	754
Polymorphic Robber Frog Craugastor rhodopis	Amphibia Craugastoridae	581
Guatemalan Deer Mouse Peromyscus guatemalensis	Mammalia Cricetidae	554
Coffee Anole Anolis dollfusianus	Squamata Dactyloidae	549
Meccus dimidiatus	Insecta Reduviidae	542
Middle American Burrowing Snake Adelphicos quadrivirgatum	Squamata Colubridae	512
Ornate Anole Anolis crassulus	Squamata Dactyloidae	509
Sumichrast's Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys sumichrasti	Mammalia Cricetidae	470
La Esperanza Banana Salamander Bolitoglossa occidentalis	Amphibia Plethodontidae	449
Redback Coffee Snake Ninia sebae	Squamata Colubridae	412
Cope's Climbing Salamander Bolitoglossa morio	Amphibia Plethodontidae	377
Lincoln's Climbing Salamander Bolitoglossa lincolni	Amphibia Plethodontidae	350
Jamaican fruit bat Artibeus jamaicensis	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	342
Bocourt's Emerald Lizard Sceloporus smaragdinus	Squamata Phrynosomatidae	334
Rainbow Ameiva Holcosus parvus	Squamata Teiidae	333
Big Deer Mouse Peromyscus grandis	Mammalia Cricetidae	325
Engelhardt's Climbing Salamander Bolitoglossa engelhardti	Amphibia Plethodontidae	306
Giant Whiptail Aspidoscelis motaguae	Squamata Teiidae	302
Silky Anole Anolis sericeus	Squamata Dactyloidae	290
Mexican Deer Mouse Peromyscus mexicanus	Mammalia Cricetidae	282
Coban Climbing Salamander Bolitoglossa helmrichi	Amphibia Plethodontidae	277
Desmarest's Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys desmarestianus	Mammalia Heteromyidae	269
Black-bellied Racerunner Aspidoscelis deppii	Squamata Teiidae	261
Rhodnius prolixus	Insecta Reduviidae	258
Brown basilisk Basiliscus vittatus	Squamata Corytophanidae	252
Gregg's Stream Frog Craugastor greggi	Amphibia Craugastoridae	251
Mexican Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys mexicanus	Mammalia Cricetidae	246
Oak Forest Salamander Bolitoglossa cuchumatana	Amphibia Plethodontidae	238
common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	236
Morelet's Alligator Lizard Mesaspis moreletii	Squamata Anguidae	235
Orizaba Deermouse Peromyscus beatae	Mammalia Cricetidae	230
Dwarf toad Incilius canaliferus	Amphibia Bufonidae	223
Carcinops tenellus	Insecta Histeridae	222
Central American Rain Frog Craugastor rugulosus	Amphibia Craugastoridae	215
Common Dwarf Salamander Bolitoglossa rufescens	Amphibia Plethodontidae	212
Alta Verapaz Salamander Bolitoglossa dofleini	Amphibia Plethodontidae	201
Platynus assimilis	Insecta Carabidae	191
Cloud Forest Oryzomys Oryzomys saturatior	Mammalia Cricetidae	190
Mexican Funnel-eared Bat Natalus mexicanus	Mammalia Natalidae	190
Bufo toad Rhinella marina	Amphibia Bufonidae	188
Bocourt's toad Incilius bocourti	Amphibia Bufonidae	186
Yellowbelly Snake Coniophanes fissidens	Squamata Colubridae	178
Operclipygus campbelli	Insecta Histeridae	178
Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira parvidens	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	177
Aztec Deermouse Peromyscus aztecus	Mammalia Cricetidae	174
Central American red brocket Mazama temama	Mammalia Cervidae	169
Ghost Anole Anolis lemurinus	Squamata Dactyloidae	165
Northern Leopard Frog Lithobates pipiens	Amphibia Ranidae	162
Mushroomtongue salamander Bolitoglossa flavimembris	Amphibia Plethodontidae	160
Mexican Smilisca Smilisca baudinii	Amphibia Hylidae	159
Rosebelly lizard Sceloporus variabilis	Squamata Phrynosomatidae	155
Green-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis viridipallens	Aves Trochilidae	152
Central American Gulf Coast Toad Incilius valliceps	Amphibia Bufonidae	147

How to read this. These are records, not a census. A high count can mean a common animal or simply a well-watched one, and limited records appear alongside repeated records. Open an animal to inspect whether the evidence is one-off, repeated, recent or historical.