🇯🇲Animals recorded in Jamaica

Which animals have been recorded in Jamaica? 22,127 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 225 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Stripefoot Anole, Graham's anole, Brown anole.

• 22,127 records
• 1,200+ species
• 48 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Stripefoot Anole, Graham's anole, Brown anole. 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 Jamaica

	Animal	Group	Records
	Stripefoot Anole Anolis lineatopus	Squamata Dactyloidae	605
	Graham's anole Anolis grahami	Squamata Dactyloidae	455
	Brown anole Anolis sagrei	Squamata Dactyloidae	316
	Fly Monochaetoscinella anonyma	Insecta Chloropidae	108
	Virgin Nerite Vitta virginea	Gastropoda Neritidae	96
	Green Bromeliad Frog Osteopilus wilderi	Amphibia Hylidae	93
	Purple Bluet Enallagma coecum	Insecta Coenagrionidae	93
	staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis	Anthozoa Acroporidae	87
	Bluefields Anole Anolis opalinus	Squamata Dactyloidae	76
	Caribbean star coral Orbicella annularis	Anthozoa Merulinidae	74
	Jamaican Forest Frog Eleutherodactylus gossei	Amphibia Eleutherodactylidae	73
	Antillean Sylph Macrothemis celeno	Insecta Libellulidae	72
	Anadenobolus excisus	Diplopoda Rhinocricidae	67
	Little Yellow Eurema lisa	Insecta Pieridae	64
	Jamaican Anole Anolis garmani	Squamata Dactyloidae	61
	Cundall's Robber Frog Eleutherodactylus cundalli	Amphibia Eleutherodactylidae	60
	Orangequit Euneornis campestris	Aves Thraupidae	56
	Polydamas Swallowtail Battus polydamas	Insecta Papilionidae	56
	Jamaican Laughing Frog Osteopilus ocellatus	Amphibia Hylidae	55
	Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata	Insecta Libellulidae	53
	Short-tail Anole Anolis valencienni	Squamata Dactyloidae	53
	Hemisinus lineolatus	Gastropoda Hemisinidae	53
	Roseate Skimmer Orthemis ferruginea	Insecta Libellulidae	51
	Leach's Single Leaf Bat Monophyllus redmani	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	49
	elkhorn coral Acropora palmata	Anthozoa Acroporidae	49
	Ocellated Dwarf Gecko Sphaerodactylus argus	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	47
	Ocean surgeon Acanthurus bahianus	— Acanthuridae	47
	Archaeoglenes pecki	Insecta Tenebrionidae	47
	Beaugregory Stegastes leucostictus	— Pomacentridae	45
	Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius	Insecta Lycaenidae	43
	Lucerna lamarckii	Gastropoda Pleurodontidae	43
	Streamertail Trochilus polytmus	Aves Trochilidae	42
	Stylophora granulata	Anthozoa Pocilloporidae	40
	Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis	— Pomacentridae	39
	Jamaican Yellow-bellied Frog Eleutherodactylus pantoni	Amphibia Eleutherodactylidae	39
	Bluehead Thalassoma bifasciatum	— Labridae	38
	boulder brain coral Colpophyllia natans	Anthozoa Faviidae	37
	Slant-faced Grasshopper Orphulella punctata	Insecta Acrididae	36
	Zebra Heliconian Heliconius charithonia	Insecta Nymphalidae	36
	lettuce coral Agaricia agaricites	Anthozoa Agariciidae	36
	Dusky Squirrelfish Sargocentron vexillarium	— Holocentridae	36
	Dusky blenny Malacoctenus gilli	— Labrisomidae	36
	mustard hill coral Porites astreoides	Anthozoa Poritidae	36
	Rambur's Forktail Ischnura ramburii	Insecta Coenagrionidae	35
	Stagmomantis domingensis	Insecta Mantidae	34
	Callicista columella	Insecta Lycaenidae	34
	false knob coral Montastraea cavernosa	Anthozoa Montastraeidae	34
	Mexican free-tailed bat Tadarida brasiliensis	Mammalia Molossidae	34
	olive-throated conure Aratinga nana	Aves Psittacidae	33
	Copelatus caelatipennis	Insecta Dytiscidae	33
	Antillean ghost-faced bat Mormoops blainvillei	Mammalia Mormoopidae	33
	zebra periwinkle Echinolittorina ziczac	Gastropoda Littorinidae	33
	Leafy Sphinx Xylophanes chiron	Insecta Sphingidae	32
	beaded periwinkle Cenchritis muricatus	Gastropoda Littorinidae	32
	dusky damselfish Stegastes fuscus	— Pomacentridae	32
	Lucerna lucerna	Gastropoda Pleurodontidae	32
	Alcadia hollandi	Gastropoda Helicinidae	31
	Scapanea frontalis	Insecta Libellulidae	31
	Lamarck’s sheet coral Agaricia lamarcki	Anthozoa Agariciidae	31
	Frillfin Goby Bathygobius soporator	— Gobiidae	31