🇸🇴Animals recorded in Somalia

Which animals have been recorded in Somalia? 6,091 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 Sergentomyia schwetzi, Benguella Grassland Frog, Somali Running Frog.

• 6,091 records
• 1,200+ species
• 36 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Sergentomyia schwetzi, Benguella Grassland Frog, Somali Running 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 Somalia

	Animal	Group	Records
	Sergentomyia schwetzi	Insecta Psychodidae	87
	Benguella Grassland Frog Ptychadena anchietae	Amphibia Ptychadenidae	69
	Somali Running Frog Kassina somalica	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	63
	Sclerophrys dodsoni	Amphibia Bufonidae	58
	Sudan Grassland Frog Ptychadena schillukorum	Amphibia Ptychadenidae	57
	Cosmopolitan House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia	Squamata Gekkonidae	48
	Delicate Leaf-folding Frog Afrixalus delicatus	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	45
	Steindachner's Toad Sclerophrys steindachneri	Amphibia Bufonidae	42
	Dwarf Reed Frog Hyperolius pusillus	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	42
	Baobab Gecko Hemidactylus platycephalus	Squamata Gekkonidae	40
	Cope's Toad-frog Phrynobatrachus acridoides	Amphibia Phrynobatrachidae	38
	Sergentomyia magnidentata	Insecta Psychodidae	38
	Short-necked Skink Trachylepis brevicollis	Squamata Scincidae	38
	Princely mastigure Uromastyx princeps	Squamata Agamidae	33
	Central Foam-nest Tree Frog Chiromantis petersii	Amphibia Rhacophoridae	30
	Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus	Aves Nectariniidae	29
	Boulenger’s gecko Hemidactylus macropholis	Squamata Gekkonidae	28
	Braestrup's Water Snake Crotaphopeltis braestrupi	Squamata Colubridae	27
	Gerenuk Litocranius walleri	Mammalia Bovidae	25
	Speedy Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus citernii	Squamata Gekkonidae	25
	Bony Flyingfish Hirundichthys oxycephalus	— Exocoetidae	24
	Tropical two-wing flyingfish Exocoetus volitans	— Exocoetidae	23
	Bluelined Snapper Lutjanus kasmira	— Lutjanidae	23
	Somalian Dipodil Dipodillus somalicus	Mammalia Muridae	23
	Subdesert Toad Sclerophrys xeros	Amphibia Bufonidae	22
	Kenya Stumptail Chameleon Rieppeleon kerstenii	Squamata Chamaeleonidae	19
	Painted Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus picturatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	19
	short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis	Mammalia Delphinidae	19
	Amnirana galamensis	Amphibia Ranidae	18
	Somali Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus somalicus	Squamata Gekkonidae	18
	Rüppell's Agama Agama rueppelli	Squamata Agamidae	18
	Common Long-tailed Lizard Latastia longicaudata	Squamata Lacertidae	18
	Plume lightfish Polymetme corythaeola	— Phosichthyidae	17
	Japanese mackerel Scomber australasicus	— Scombridae	17
	hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus	Mammalia Bovidae	17
	Soemmerring's gazelle Nanger soemmerringii	Mammalia Bovidae	17
	Spiral Wire Coral Cirrhipathes spiralis	Anthozoa Antipathidae	16
	Middle Eastern Rock Gecko Pristurus flavipunctatus	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	16
	Common River Frog Amietia delalandii	Amphibia Pyxicephalidae	16
	Unstriped Ground Squirrel Xerus rutilus	Mammalia Sciuridae	14
	Taylor's Strange Agama Xenagama taylori	Squamata Agamidae	14
	Maria's Reed Frog Hyperolius mariae	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	14
	Kachowski's Sand Frog Tomopterna kachowskii	Amphibia Pyxicephalidae	14
	Speke's Sand Lizard Heliobolus spekii	Squamata Lacertidae	14
	Wahlberg's Striped Skink Trachylepis wahlbergii	Squamata Scincidae	13
	Atlantic smallwing flyingfish Oxyporhamphus micropterus	— Hemiramphidae	13
	Stellasteropsis fouadi	Asteroidea Goniasteridae	13
	Spiny chromis Chromis woodsi	— Pomacentridae	13
	Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris	Aves Acrocephalidae	13
	Bosca's Long-tailed Lizard Latastia boscai	Squamata Lacertidae	13
	Blanford's Toad Sclerophrys blanfordii	Amphibia Bufonidae	12
	Heart-nosed Bat Cardioderma cor	Mammalia Megadermatidae	12
	Salt's Dik-dik Madoqua saltiana	Mammalia Bovidae	12
	Cinnabar goatfish Parupeneus heptacanthus	— Mullidae	12
	Green Night Adder Causus resimus	Squamata Viperidae	12
	African House Snake Boaedon fuliginosus	Squamata Lamprophiidae	12
	Arabian Cat Snake Telescopus dhara	Squamata Colubridae	12
	Dorcas gazelle Gazella dorcas	Mammalia Bovidae	12
	White Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus albopunctatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	12
	Somali Semaphore Gecko Pristurus somalicus	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	12