🇸🇦Animals recorded in Saudi Arabia

Which animals have been recorded in Saudi Arabia? 8,956 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 11592253 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Dune Sand Gecko, Arabian desert gecko, Egyptian Mastigure.

• 8,956 records
• 1,200+ species
• 35 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Dune Sand Gecko, Arabian desert gecko, Egyptian Mastigure. 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 Saudi Arabia

	Animal	Group	Records
	Dune Sand Gecko Stenodactylus doriae	Squamata Gekkonidae	277
	Arabian desert gecko Bunopus tuberculatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	240
	Egyptian Mastigure Uromastyx aegyptia	Squamata Agamidae	234
	Regal angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus	— Pomacanthidae	174
	Common fan-footed gecko Ptyodactylus hasselquistii	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	171
	Arabian Toadhead Agama Phrynocephalus arabicus	Squamata Agamidae	142
	Bosc's Fringe-toed lizard Acanthodactylus boskianus	Squamata Lacertidae	120
	Blanford's Short-Nosed Desert Lizard Mesalina brevirostris	Squamata Lacertidae	116
	Checkerboard wrasse Halichoeres hortulanus	— Labridae	108
	Spotfin Squirrelfish Neoniphon sammara	— Holocentridae	104
	Schmidt's Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus schmidti	Squamata Lacertidae	104
	Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibundus	Amphibia Ranidae	102
	Arabian Sand Skink Scincus mitranus	Squamata Scincidae	101
	Brown Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus	— Acanthuridae	100
	Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga	— Chaetodontidae	98
	Blue-spotted Grouper Cephalopholis argus	— Serranidae	98
	Arabian Toad Sclerophrys arabica	Amphibia Bufonidae	97
	Bluelined Snapper Lutjanus kasmira	— Lutjanidae	92
	Slevin's Sand Gecko Stenodactylus slevini	Squamata Gekkonidae	87
	Arnold's Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus opheodurus	Squamata Lacertidae	76
	Forskal Sand Snake Psammophis schokari	Squamata Psammophiidae	69
	Arabian Five-fingered Frog Euphlyctis ehrenbergii	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	68
	Arabian Horned Viper Cerastes gasperettii	Squamata Viperidae	66
	False Cobra Malpolon moilensis	Squamata Psammophiidae	60
	Diadem Snake Spalerosophis diadema	Squamata Colubridae	56
	Hardy's Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus hardyi	Squamata Lacertidae	51
	Zarudnyi's Worm Lizard Diplometopon zarudnyi	Squamata Trogonophidae	50
	Blandford's Semaphore Gecko Pristurus rupestris	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	45
	Awl-headed Snake Lytorhynchus diadema	Squamata Colubridae	44
	Short-necked Skink Trachylepis brevicollis	Squamata Scincidae	44
	Heyden’s gecko Hemidactylus robustus	Squamata Gekkonidae	43
	North Arabian Plain Agama Trapelus agnetae	Squamata Agamidae	43
	Sinai Agama Pseudotrapelus sinaitus	Squamata Agamidae	41
	Palestine Saw-scaled Viper Echis coloratus	Squamata Viperidae	41
	Leiurus haenggii	Arachnida Buthidae	40
	Anderson's Rock Agama Acanthocercus adramitanus	Squamata Agamidae	38
	Red Sea Melon Butterflyfish Chaetodon austriacus	— Chaetodontidae	37
	Arabian Sand Boa Eryx jayakari	Squamata Boidae	36
	Duttaphrynus dhufarensis	Amphibia Bufonidae	36
	Twoband anemonefish Amphiprion bicinctus	— Pomacentridae	35
	grey humbug Dascyllus marginatus	— Pomacentridae	35
	Lemon-Yellow Tree Frog Hyla savignyi	Amphibia Hylidae	34
	Phoorsa Echis carinatus	Squamata Viperidae	33
	Leiurus arabicus	Arachnida Buthidae	31
	European chameleon Chamaeleo chamaeleon	Squamata Chamaeleonidae	30
	Arabian Sand Gecko Trigonodactylus arabicus	Squamata Gekkonidae	30
	Arabian Cat Snake Telescopus dhara	Squamata Colubridae	29
	Sundevall's Jird Meriones crassus	Mammalia Muridae	28
	Rough-tailed Gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum	Squamata Gekkonidae	27
	Three-spot Dascyllus Dascyllus trimaculatus	— Pomacentridae	26
	Ocellated Bronze Skink Chalcides ocellatus	Squamata Scincidae	26
	Desert Lacerta Mesalina guttulata	Squamata Lacertidae	25
	Red Sea Clown Surgeon Acanthurus sohal	— Acanthuridae	23
	banded coral shrimp Stenopus hispidus	Malacostraca Stenopodidae	22
	Yellow-spotted Agama Trapelus flavimaculatus	Squamata Agamidae	22
	Arabian Sandfish Scincus hemprichii	Squamata Scincidae	22
	Desert monitor Varanus griseus	Squamata Varanidae	21
	Anderson's Agama Trapelus persicus	Squamata Agamidae	21
	Libyan Jird Meriones libycus	Mammalia Muridae	20
	Crown of thorns starfish Acanthaster planci	Asteroidea Acanthasteridae	20