🇲🇿Animals recorded in Mozambique

Which animals have been recorded in Mozambique? 32,688 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 humpback whale, Angolan free-tailed bat, Southern African Spiny Mouse.

• 32,688 records
• 1,200+ species
• 45 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include humpback whale, Angolan free-tailed bat, Southern African Spiny Mouse. 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 Mozambique

	Animal	Group	Records
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	837
	Angolan free-tailed bat Mops condylurus	Mammalia Molossidae	402
	Southern African Spiny Mouse Acomys spinosissimus	Mammalia Muridae	202
	Variable Skink Trachylepis varia	Squamata Scincidae	189
	Cape Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus capensis	Squamata Gekkonidae	178
	Cosmopolitan House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia	Squamata Gekkonidae	177
	Aposematic Reed Frog Hyperolius marmoratus	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	175
	Banana Bat Afronycteris nanus	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	163
	African Striped Mabuya Trachylepis striata	Squamata Scincidae	163
	Pouched Mouse Saccostomus campestris	Mammalia Nesomyidae	160
	Red Veld Aethomys Aethomys chrysophilus	Mammalia Muridae	157
	Baobab Gecko Hemidactylus platycephalus	Squamata Gekkonidae	153
	Common Flat Lizard Platysaurus intermedius	Squamata Cordylidae	149
	Mozambique Ridged Frog Ptychadena mossambica	Amphibia Ptychadenidae	138
	Egyptian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris thebaica	Mammalia Nycteridae	133
	Pungwe Flat Lizard Platysaurus pungweensis	Squamata Cordylidae	131
	Spotted Flat Lizard Platysaurus maculatus	Squamata Cordylidae	128
	Cope's Toad-frog Phrynobatrachus acridoides	Amphibia Phrynobatrachidae	117
	Little Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon pumilus	Mammalia Molossidae	117
	Rainbow Skink Trachylepis margaritifera	Squamata Scincidae	116
	African Trident Bat Triaenops afer	Mammalia Rhinonycteridae	108
	Meester's Mouse Shrew Myosorex meesteri	Mammalia Soricidae	103
	Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros caffer	Mammalia Hipposideridae	103
	Smith's Reed Frog Hyperolius tuberilinguis	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	102
	Scarites aestuans	Insecta Carabidae	102
	Dune Squeaker Arthroleptis stenodactylus	Amphibia Arthroleptidae	99
	Mababi Puddle Frog Phrynobatrachus mababiensis	Amphibia Phrynobatrachidae	94
	Flat-faced Frog Breviceps mossambicus	Amphibia Brevicipitidae	93
	Single-Striped Lemniscomys Lemniscomys rosalia	Mammalia Muridae	93
	Gray-bellied Mouse Mus triton	Mammalia Muridae	88
	Shovel-nosed Burrowing Frog Hemisus marmoratus	Amphibia Hemisotidae	83
	Golden Spotted Reed Frog Hyperolius argus	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	80
	East African Praomys Praomys delectorum	Mammalia Muridae	75
	African Split-skin Toad Schismaderma carens	Amphibia Bufonidae	72
	Swynnerton's Worm Lizard Chirindia swynnertoni	Squamata Amphisbaenidae	70
	Slinger Chrysoblephus puniceus	— Sparidae	69
	Chirinda Screeching Frog Arthroleptis xenodactyloides	Amphibia Arthroleptidae	69
	Peter's Thread Snake Leptotyphlops scutifrons	Squamata Leptotyphlopidae	67
	Benguella Grassland Frog Ptychadena anchietae	Amphibia Ptychadenidae	66
	Sharp-nosed Ridged Frog Ptychadena oxyrhynchus	Amphibia Ptychadenidae	66
	Broadley's Tree Frog Leptopelis argenteus	Amphibia Arthroleptidae	66
	Muller's clawed frog Xenopus muelleri	Amphibia Pipidae	66
	Angolan Snake-eyed Skink Panaspis wahlbergii	Squamata Scincidae	65
	African common toad Sclerophrys gutturalis	Amphibia Bufonidae	65
	Eastern Olive Toad Sclerophrys garmani	Amphibia Bufonidae	64
	Mozambique Agama Agama mossambica	Squamata Agamidae	64
	Hallowell's Toad Sclerophrys maculata	Amphibia Bufonidae	64
	Tropidonitis paradoxus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	62
	Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis	Aves Nectariniidae	62
	Transvaal Dwarf Toad Poyntonophrynus fenoulheti	Amphibia Bufonidae	61
	Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana	Aves Cisticolidae	61
	Natal Frog Phrynobatrachus natalensis	Amphibia Phrynobatrachidae	60
	Brown Greater Galago Otolemur crassicaudatus	Mammalia Galagidae	60
	De Coster's Worm-Lizard Monopeltis decosteri	Squamata Amphisbaenidae	60
	African Common Toad Sclerophrys regularis	Amphibia Bufonidae	59
	Noack's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros ruber	Mammalia Hipposideridae	59
	Collared Flat Lizard Platysaurus torquatus	Squamata Cordylidae	59
	Peter's Bullfrog Pyxicephalus edulis	Amphibia Pyxicephalidae	58
	Senegal Land Frog Kassina senegalensis	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	58
	Golden Leaf-folding Frog Afrixalus brachycnemis	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	57