🇵🇼Animals recorded in Palau

Which animals have been recorded in Palau? 65,929 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 206 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include beaked stony coral, Palau Frog, Marianas Blue-Tailed Skink.

• 65,929 records
• 1,200+ species
• 54 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include beaked stony coral, Palau Frog, Marianas Blue-Tailed Skink. 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 Palau

	Animal	Group	Records
	beaked stony coral Enallopsammia rostrata	Anthozoa Dendrophylliidae	1,012
	Palau Frog Cornufer pelewensis	Amphibia Ceratobatrachidae	884
	Marianas Blue-Tailed Skink Emoia caeruleocauda	Squamata Scincidae	873
	Sad Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris	Squamata Gekkonidae	605
	Micronesian Scaly-toed Gecko Lepidodactylus moestus	Squamata Gekkonidae	541
	Emerald Skink Lamprolepis smaragdina	Squamata Scincidae	441
	Metallogorgia melanotrichos	Anthozoa Chrysogorgiidae	437
	Palauan Web-toed Gecko Gehyra brevipalmata	Squamata Gekkonidae	291
	Victorgorgia alba	Anthozoa Victorgorgiidae	254
	green anole Anolis carolinensis	Squamata Dactyloidae	236
	Calyptrophora angularis	Anthozoa Primnoidae	234
	ocular coral Madrepora oculata	Anthozoa Oculinidae	220
	Common House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	219
	Palauan Skink Sphenomorphus scutatus	Squamata Scincidae	211
	Green Tree Snake Dendrelaphis striolatus	Squamata Colubridae	176
	Dusky-Bellied Skink Emoia impar	Squamata Scincidae	174
	Ocean Gecko Gehyra oceanica	Squamata Gekkonidae	171
	Palau Bevel-nosed Boa Candoia superciliosa	Squamata Boidae	170
	Stump-Toed Gecko Gehyra mutilata	Squamata Gekkonidae	164
	Bufo toad Rhinella marina	Amphibia Bufonidae	163
	Braminy Bling Snake Indotyphlops braminus	Squamata Typhlopidae	162
	Chrysogorgia geniculata	Anthozoa Chrysogorgiidae	144
	Littoral Emoia Emoia atrocostata	Squamata Scincidae	135
	Striped Triggerfish Balistapus undulatus	— Balistidae	118
	Pheidole sexspinosa	Insecta Formicidae	112
	Halmahera Rainbow Skink Carlia tutela	Squamata Scincidae	108
	Palau Pandanus Skink Lipinia leptosoma	Squamata Scincidae	107
	Pristomyrmex minusculus	Insecta Formicidae	104
	Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga	— Chaetodontidae	99
	Pheronemoides fungosus	Hexactinellida Pheronematidae	99
	Ant Paratrechina vaga	Insecta Formicidae	94
	Pearl-scaled angelfish Centropyge vrolikii	— Pomacanthidae	94
	White-footed house ant Technomyrmex albipes	Insecta Formicidae	93
	Threespot Wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus	— Labridae	89
	Regal angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus	— Pomacanthidae	86
	Banded Sea Krait Laticauda colubrina	Squamata Elapidae	84
	Sling-jaw wrasse Epibulus insidiator	— Labridae	83
	Palau Sun Skink Eutropis palauensis	Squamata Scincidae	83
	saltwater crocodile Crocodylus porosus	Crocodylia Crocodylidae	79
	Saddled Butterflyfish Chaetodon ephippium	— Chaetodontidae	78
	Blue-spotted Grouper Cephalopholis argus	— Serranidae	75
	Lineated Butterflyfish Chaetodon trifasciatus	— Chaetodontidae	75
	Camponotus chloroticus	Insecta Formicidae	74
	Lemon damsel Pomacentrus moluccensis	— Pomacentridae	74
	Palespot Podge Pseudogramma polyacantha	— Serranidae	74
	Whitecheek surgeonfish Acanthurus nigricans	— Acanthuridae	73
	Crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes	Insecta Formicidae	72
	Walteria flemmingii	Hexactinellida Euplectellidae	72
	Golden Chromis Chromis ternatensis	— Pomacentridae	72
	Brown Dottyback Pseudochromis fuscus	— Pseudochromidae	68
	Giant mottled eel Anguilla marmorata	— Anguillidae	68
	Ornate Butterflyfish Chaetodon ornatissimus	— Chaetodontidae	67
	Clouded Damselfish Amblyglyphidodon curacao	— Pomacentridae	66
	Vagabond Butterflyfish Chaetodon vagabundus	— Chaetodontidae	64
	Honeycomb Grouper Epinephelus merra	— Serranidae	63
	Jakati Emoia Emoia jakati	Squamata Scincidae	63
	Iridescent Cardinalfish Pristiapogon kallopterus	— Apogonidae	63
	Slender Lizardfish Saurida gracilis	— Synodontidae	63
	Bluestreak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus	— Labridae	62
	Dotted Cardinalfish Fowleria isostigma	— Apogonidae	62