🇵🇭Animals recorded in the Philippines

Which animals have been recorded in the Philippines? 293,039 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 Common House Gecko, Common Forest Frog, Common Puddle Frog.

• 293,039 records
• 1,200+ species
• 67 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Common House Gecko, Common Forest Frog, Common Puddle Frog. 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 the Philippines

	Animal	Group	Records
	Common House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	2,840
	Common Forest Frog Platymantis dorsalis	Amphibia Ceratobatrachidae	1,667
	Common Puddle Frog Occidozyga laevis	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	1,451
	Oriental House Rat Rattus tanezumi	Mammalia Muridae	1,348
	Northern Luzon Apomys Apomys datae	Mammalia Muridae	1,215
	Steere's Sphenomorphus Parvoscincus steerei	Squamata Scincidae	1,197
	Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis	Mammalia Pteropodidae	1,160
	Polynesian Rat Rattus exulans	Mammalia Muridae	1,102
	Philippine Forest Rat Rattus everetti	Mammalia Muridae	1,081
	Arcuate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus arcuatus	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	939
	Greater Musky Fruit Bat Ptenochirus jagorii	Mammalia Pteropodidae	913
	Crab-eating Frog Fejervarya cancrivora	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	911
	Common Tree Frog Polypedates leucomystax	Amphibia Rhacophoridae	819
	Geoffroys rousette Rousettus amplexicaudatus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	813
	Jessi's Slender Skink Brachymeles kadwa	Squamata Scincidae	809
	Bactrocera philippinensis	Insecta Tephritidae	739
	Dagger-toothed Long-nosed Fruit Bat Macroglossus minimus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	736
	Fischer's Pygmy Fruit Bat Haplonycteris fischeri	Mammalia Pteropodidae	667
	Stump-Toed Gecko Gehyra mutilata	Squamata Gekkonidae	667
	Taylor's Short-legged Skink Brachymeles taylori	Squamata Scincidae	665
	Emerald Skink Lamprolepis smaragdina	Squamata Scincidae	554
	Philippine Narrowmouth Toad Kaloula conjuncta	Amphibia Microhylidae	553
	Leyte Wart Frog Limnonectes leytensis	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	505
	Eschscholtz's Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus eschscholtzii	Mammalia Miniopteridae	503
	Sierra Madre Forest Mouse Apomys sierrae	Mammalia Muridae	503
	Mottled spinefoot Siganus fuscescens	— Siganidae	495
	Bicol Slender Skink Brachymeles bicolandia	Squamata Scincidae	492
	Mindanao Splash Frog Staurois natator	Amphibia Ranidae	471
	Jagor's Sphenomorphus Pinoyscincus jagori	Squamata Scincidae	470
	Rough-back Forest Frog Platymantis corrugatus	Amphibia Ceratobatrachidae	458
	Sad Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris	Squamata Gekkonidae	455
	Giant Visayan frog Limnonectes visayanus	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	453
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	443
	Hazel's Forest Frog Platymantis hazelae	Amphibia Ceratobatrachidae	441
	Striped Triggerfish Balistapus undulatus	— Balistidae	438
	Longnose Parrotfish Hipposcarus longiceps	— Scaridae	432
	Lesser Asiatic Yellow Bat Scotophilus kuhlii	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	430
	Delicate round herring Spratelloides delicatulus	— Clupeidae	419
	Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros diadema	Mammalia Hipposideridae	411
	Lesser Dawn Bat Eonycteris spelaea	Mammalia Pteropodidae	396
	Mindoro Tree Frog Philautus schmackeri	Amphibia Rhacophoridae	394
	Painted Narrowmouth Toad Kaloula picta	Amphibia Microhylidae	389
	Luzon Swamp Frog Limnonectes woodworthi	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	385
	Mindanao fanged frog Limnonectes magnus	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	383
	Asian Flat-tailed House Gecko Hemidactylus platyurus	Squamata Gekkonidae	370
	Armigeres baisasi	Insecta Culicidae	369
	Philippine flying dragon Draco spilopterus	Squamata Agamidae	368
	Philippine Bubble-nest Frog Philautus acutirostris	Amphibia Rhacophoridae	367
	Brown Mabuya Eutropis multifasciata	Squamata Scincidae	364
	Gervais' Reed Snake Calamaria gervaisii	Squamata Colubridae	354
	Philippine Bulbul Hypsipetes philippinus	Aves Pycnonotidae	354
	Bischofsmützenseeigel Tripneustes gratilla	Echinoidea Toxopneustidae	350
	Redblotch Wrasse Stethojulis bandanensis	— Labridae	336
	Negros Scaly-toed Gecko Lepidodactylus herrei	Squamata Gekkonidae	332
	Common Green Frog Hylarana erythraea	Amphibia Ranidae	327
	Convict surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus	— Acanthuridae	325
	Striated surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus	— Acanthuridae	325
	Banahaw Forest Mouse Apomys banahao	Mammalia Muridae	322
	Long-Snout Cavoline Diacavolinia longirostris	Gastropoda Cavoliniidae	321
	Peters's Fruit Bat Cynopterus luzoniensis	Mammalia Pteropodidae	315