🇵🇬Animals recorded in Papua New Guinea

Which animals have been recorded in Papua New Guinea? 110,717 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 131 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Owen Stanley Range Slender Skink, Jakati Emoia, Sphenomorphus solomonis.

• 110,717 records
• 1,200+ species
• 57 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Owen Stanley Range Slender Skink, Jakati Emoia, Sphenomorphus solomonis. 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 Papua New Guinea

	Animal	Group	Records
	Owen Stanley Range Slender Skink Papuascincus stanleyanus	Squamata Scincidae	1,914
	Jakati Emoia Emoia jakati	Squamata Scincidae	1,745
	Sphenomorphus solomonis	Squamata Scincidae	990
	De Vis' Emo Skink Emoia pallidiceps	Squamata Scincidae	840
	Wilhelm Rainforest Frog Cophixalus riparius	Amphibia Microhylidae	820
	Dayman Land Frog Austrochaperina palmipes	Amphibia Microhylidae	785
	Marianas Blue-Tailed Skink Emoia caeruleocauda	Squamata Scincidae	752
	Oruge Treefrog Litoria modica	Amphibia Pelodryadidae	734
	Southern Blossom Bat Syconycteris australis	Mammalia Pteropodidae	661
	Slender Emo Skink Emoia physicae	Squamata Scincidae	620
	Carola's Parotia Parotia carolae	Aves Paradisaeidae	616
	Treasury Island Treefrog Litoria thesaurensis	Amphibia Pelodryadidae	599
	Yapen Forest Skink Sphenomorphus jobiensis	Squamata Scincidae	589
	Moroka Slender Skink Papuascincus morokanus	Squamata Scincidae	586
	Went Mountains Frog Papurana grisea	Amphibia Ranidae	579
	Brown Four-fingered Skink Carlia fusca	Squamata Scincidae	569
	Rainbow-skink Carlia bicarinata	Squamata Scincidae	512
	Shrub Whiptail-skink Emoia longicauda	Squamata Scincidae	497
	Geoffroys rousette Rousettus amplexicaudatus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	472
	Common House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	422
	Nyctimystes infrafrenatus	Amphibia Pelodryadidae	422
	Gusilka Rainbow Skink Carlia mysi	Squamata Scincidae	410
	Papua Wrinkled Ground Frog Cornufer papuensis	Amphibia Ceratobatrachidae	407
	Sandy Big-eyed Treefrog Nyctimystes kubori	Amphibia Pelodryadidae	406
	Obscure Emo Skink Emoia obscura	Squamata Scincidae	391
	Dagger-toothed Long-nosed Fruit Bat Macroglossus minimus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	380
	Emerald Skink Lamprolepis smaragdina	Squamata Scincidae	372
	Darlington's Rainforest Frog Choerophryne darlingtoni	Amphibia Microhylidae	367
	Palaemonella rotumana	Malacostraca Palaemonidae	364
	Ranoidea eucnemis	Amphibia Pelodryadidae	355
	Red Mawatta Frog Hylophorbus rufescens	Amphibia Microhylidae	350
	Madeay's Emo Skink Emoia submetallica	Squamata Scincidae	350
	Spurred Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros calcaratus	Mammalia Hipposideridae	338
	Narrow-banded Forest Skink Sphenomorphus leptofasciatus	Squamata Scincidae	332
	Litoria angiana	Amphibia Pelodryadidae	326
	Moroke Rainforest Frog Cophixalus verrucosus	Amphibia Microhylidae	322
	Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros diadema	Mammalia Hipposideridae	321
	Litoria darlingtoni	Amphibia Pelodryadidae	320
	Common Forest Skink Sphenomorphus simus	Squamata Scincidae	320
	Scratchley Guinea Frog Aphantophryne pansa	Amphibia Microhylidae	295
	Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica	Aves Sturnidae	284
	Temminck's Asian Trident Bat Aselliscus tricuspidatus	Mammalia Hipposideridae	280
	Elegant Lobulia Lobulia elegans	Squamata Scincidae	276
	Striped Gecko Gekko vittatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	265
	Morobe Rainforest Frog Cophixalus sphagnicola	Amphibia Microhylidae	260
	Wahnes's Parotia Parotia wahnesi	Aves Paradisaeidae	259
	New Guinea Four-fingered Skink Lygisaurus novaeguineae	Squamata Scincidae	240
	Willie-wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys	Aves Rhipiduridae	238
	Brown Cat Snake Boiga irregularis	Squamata Colubridae	236
	Bar-lipped Sheen-skink Eugongylus rufescens	Squamata Scincidae	235
	Lawes's Parotia Parotia lawesii	Aves Paradisaeidae	234
	Eastern New Guinea Mountain Rat Rattus niobe	Mammalia Muridae	229
	Galathea tanegashimae	Malacostraca Galatheidae	229
	Eastern Rainbow Skink Carlia eothen	Squamata Scincidae	227
	Mourning Rainbow Skink Carlia luctuosa	Squamata Scincidae	225
	Nyctimystes cheesmani	Amphibia Pelodryadidae	224
	Pygmy Ring-tailed Possum Pseudochirulus mayeri	Mammalia Pseudocheiridae	222
	Moluccan Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia moluccensis	Mammalia Pteropodidae	215
	Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros galeritus	Mammalia Hipposideridae	211
	Polynesian Rat Rattus exulans	Mammalia Muridae	203