🇹🇹Animals recorded in Trinidad & Tobago

Which animals have been recorded in Trinidad & Tobago? 23,649 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 359 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Seba's Short-tailed Bat, Bronze Anole, Velvety free-tailed bat.

• 23,649 records
• 1,200+ species
• 45 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Seba's Short-tailed Bat, Bronze Anole, Velvety free-tailed bat. 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 Trinidad & Tobago

	Animal	Group	Records
	Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	320
	Bronze Anole Anolis aeneus	Squamata Dactyloidae	293
	Velvety free-tailed bat Molossus molossus	Mammalia Molossidae	205
	Kingston White-lipped Frog Leptodactylus validus	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	188
	Silver Fruit-Eating Bat Artibeus glaucus	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	184
	yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	Insecta Culicidae	158
	Rufous Frog Leptodactylus fuscus	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	140
	Saint Vincent's Bush Anole Anolis trinitatis	Squamata Dactyloidae	136
	Lesser Antilles Robber Frog Pristimantis urichi	Amphibia Craugastoridae	127
	Guayaquil Dwarf Frog Engystomops pustulosus	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	120
	Streak Lizard Gonatodes vittatus	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	118
	Bufo toad Rhinella marina	Amphibia Bufonidae	114
	Short-Tailed Cane Mouse Zygodontomys brevicauda	Mammalia Cricetidae	113
	Bananaquit Coereba flaveola	Aves Thraupidae	103
	Little Yellow-Shouldered Bat Sturnira lilium	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	102
	Bloody Bay Poison Frog Mannophryne olmonae	Amphibia Aromobatidae	101
	Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus planirostris	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	101
	Trinidad Poison Frog Mannophryne trinitatis	Amphibia Aromobatidae	96
	Small-headed Treefrog Dendropsophus microcephalus	Amphibia Hylidae	92
	turnip-tailed gecko Thecadactylus rapicauda	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	92
	Cocoloba Lizard Anolis richardii	Squamata Dactyloidae	90
	Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci	Aves Trochilidae	90
	Great Fruit-Eating Bat Artibeus lituratus	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	88
	Anastrepha striata	Insecta Tephritidae	85
	Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus	Aves Thamnophilidae	85
	Jamaican fruit bat Artibeus jamaicensis	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	71
	Greater Spear-Nosed Bat Phyllostomus hastatus	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	69
	Red snouted treefrog Scinax ruber	Amphibia Hylidae	68
	Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina	Aves Thraupidae	67
	common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	65
	Wagner's Common Mustached Bat Pteronotus rubiginosus	Mammalia Mormoopidae	64
	Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus	Aves Trochilidae	63
	Venezuelan ameiva Ameiva atrigularis	Squamata Teiidae	62
	Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum	Aves Thraupidae	61
	Geoffroy's Tailless Bat Anoura geoffroyi	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	60
	Brachyomus octotuberculatus	Insecta Curculionidae	58
	Psychoda fasciata	Insecta Psychodidae	57
	Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus	Aves Thraupidae	56
	Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus	Aves Mimidae	56
	Strebla wiedemanni	Insecta Hippoboscidae	55
	Lesser Long-Tongued Bat Choeroniscus minor	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	55
	Pallas's Long-Tongued Bat Glossophaga soricina	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	54
	Spectacled Thrush Turdus nudigenis	Aves Turdidae	54
	Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda	Aves Galbulidae	54
	Trinidad Motmot Momotus bahamensis	Aves Momotidae	54
	Emerald-eyed Treefrog Boana crepitans	Amphibia Hylidae	53
	Trinidadian Greater Funnel-Eared Bat Natalus tumidirostris	Mammalia Natalidae	53
	Charlotteville Leaf-litter Frog Pristimantis charlottevillensis	Amphibia Craugastoridae	53
	Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis	Aves Icteridae	53
	Allen's Ground Lizard Bachia alleni	Squamata Gymnophthalmidae	53
	Gervais's Fruit-Eating Bat Artibeus cinereus	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	52
	Little Big-Eared Bat Micronycteris megalotis	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	50
	Black Mastiff Bat Molossus rufus	Mammalia Molossidae	49
	Anopheles homunculus	Insecta Culicidae	47
	Holcocephala vallestris	Insecta Asilidae	47
	Miller's Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga longirostris	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	47
	Little Hermit Phaethornis longuemareus	Aves Trochilidae	46
	Three-lined Ground Snake Atractus trilineatus	Squamata Colubridae	46
	Eastern Glass Frog Hyalinobatrachium orientale	Amphibia Centrolenidae	45
	Spotted soapfish Rypticus subbifrenatus	— Serranidae	45