Mammals
| Group (Sp. no) | Common English Name |
|---|---|
| Insectivorous mammal (2 species) | Chinese Pangolin, Asian House Shrew |
| Aquatic mammal (2 species) | Irrawaddy Dolphin, Ganges River Dolphin |
| Deer (1 species) | Spotted Deer |
| Bats (5 species) | Tickell’s Bat, Indian Flying Fox, Greater Asiatic Yellow Bat, Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat, Fulvous Fruit Bat |
| Jackal, Cats, Civets (10 species) | Asiatic Jackal, Jungle Cat, Small Indian Mongoose, Indian Grey Mongoose, Large Indian Civet, Common Palm Civet, Leopard Cat, Small Clawed Otter, Fishing Cat, Small Indian Civet |
| Non-human Primates (3 species) | Capped Langur, Common Langur, Rhesus macaque |
| Rodents (8 species) | Lesser Bandicoot Rat, Large Bandicoot Rat, House Mouse, Brown Rat, House Rat, Northern Palm (Five Striped) Squirrel, Asiatic long- tailed climbing mouse, Irrawaddy Squirrel |
Birds
| Group (Species number) | Common English Name |
|---|---|
| Junglefowl & Quails (2 species) | Red Junglefowl, King Quail |
| Ducks (12 species) | Gadwall, Tuffted Duck, Gargany, Spot-billed Duck, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Wigeon, Ferruginous Duck, Fulvous Whistling Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Northern Pintail, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Teal |
| Woodpeckers (5 species) | Rufous Woodpecker, Streak-throated Woodpecker, Grey Capped Pigmy Woodpecker, Black-rumped Flameback, Eurasian Wryneck |
| Barbets (3 species) | Lineated Barbet, Coppersmith Barbet, Blue-throated Barbet |
| Kingfishers (3 species) | Common Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, White-breasted Kingfisher |
| Cuckoos & Coucals (6 species) | Asian Koel, Pied Cuckoo, Common Hawk-Cuckoo, Lesser Coucal, Greater Coucal, Green-billed Malkoha |
| Parakeets (3 species) | Rose-ringed Parakeet, Plum-headed Parakeet, Blossom-headed Parakeet |
| Swifts, Swallow & Martin (3 species) | House Swift, Barn Swallow, Pale Sand Martin |
| Owls & Nightjar (6 species) | Brown Fish Owl, Collared Scops Owl, Barn Owl, Spotted Owlet, Brown Hawk-owl, Large-tailed Nightjar |
| Pigeon & Doves (7 species) | Yellow Footed Green Pigeon, Rock Pigeon, Thick-billed Green Pigeon, Red Collared Dove, Eastern Spotted Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Emerald Dove |
| Crakes, Jacanas, & Other Rallids (8 species) | Baillon’s Crake, Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Bronze-winged Jacana,Watercock, Purple Swamphen, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, White-breasted Waterhen, |
| Waders, Snipes, Lapwing, Pratincole, Gulls & Tern (14 species) | Lesser Sandplover, Little Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Temminck’s Stint, Common Redshank, Ruff, Common Snipe, Greater Painted Snipe, Grey-headed Lapwing, Oriental Pratincole, Black-headed Gull, Brown-headed Gull, Pallas’s Gull, Whiskered Tern |
| Vulture, Kite, Buzzard Eagles (8 species) | White-rumped Vulture, Himalayan Vulture, Black Kite, Black-winged Kite, Shikra, Common Kestrel, Long-legged Buzzard, Grey-headed Fish Eagle |
| Egrets, Herons, Bitterns, Storks, Cormorant, Grebe (13 species) | Cattle Egret, Yellow-billed Egret, Indian Pond Heron, Little Heron, Grey Heron, Yellow Bittern, Eurasian Bittern, Cinnamon Bittern, Black Bittern, Asian Openbill, Little Cormorant, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe |
| Shrikes (3 species) | Brown Shrike, Long-tailed Shrike, Grey-backed Shrike |
| Jungleefowl & Quails (2 Species) | Red Junglefowl, King Quail |
| Oriole, Crows, Treepie, Cuckooshrike & Woodswallow (6 species) | Black-hooded Oriole, House Crow, Eastern Jungle Crow, Rufous Treepie, Large Cuckooshrike, Ashy Woodswallow |
| Drongos (4 species) | Black Drongo, Hair-crested Drongo, Ashy Drongo, Bronzed Drongo, |
| Thrushes (3 species) | Scally Thrush, Orange-headed Thrush, Rufous-necked Loughingthrush |
| Robins, Bulbuls (7 species) | Oriental Magpie-robin, Indian Blue Robin, White-rumped Shama, Bluethroat, Siberian Rubythroat, Red-vented Bulbul, Whiskered Bulbul |
| Stonechat, Flycatcher, Tit, White-eye (4 species) | Common Stonechat, Taiga Flycatcher, Great Tit, Oriental White-eye |
| Starlings & Mynas (6 species) | Asian Pied Starling, Chestnut-tailed Starling, Common Myna, Jungle Myna, Bank Myna, Hill Myna |
| Prinia, Cisticola, Grassbirds, Pipits (8 species) | Plain Prinia, Zitting Cisticola, Striated Grassbird, Bristled Grassbird, Paddyfield Pipit, Olive-backed Pipit, Rosy Pipit |
| Warblers & Babblers (10 species) | Clamorous Reed Warbler, Black-browed Reed Warbler, Spotted Bush Warbler, Blyth’s Reed Warbler, Paddyfield Warbler; Abbott’s babbler, Puff-throated Babbler, Pin-striped Tit Babbler, Jungle Babbler, Striated Babbler, |
| Sunbirds (3 species) | Ruby-cheeked Sunbird, Purple-rumped Sunbird, Crimson Sunbird |
| Wagtails (4 species) | Yellow Wagtail, White-browed Wagtail, Forest Wagtail, White Wagtail, |
| Tailorbird, Sparrow, Weavers, Minivet & Fantail (7 species) | Common Tailorbird, House Sparrow, Baya Weaver, Black-breasted Weaver, Streaked Weaver, Small Minivet, White-throated Fantail |
| Munias (2 species) | Chestnut Munia, Scally-breasted Munia |
| Monarch, Iora, Woodshrike, Pitta, Bee-eater & Leafebird (7 species) | Black-naped Monarch, Common Iora, Common Woodshrike, Common Hoopoe, Green Bee-eater, Indian Pitta, Golden-fronted Leafbird |
Reptiles
| Group | Common English Name |
|---|---|
| Lizard (12 species) | Brooke’s House Gecko, Yellow Monitor Lizard, Yellow-bellied House Gecko, Ring Lizard, Kuhl’s Flying Gecko, Grey Monitor Lizard, Common Garden Lizard, Common House Gecko, Many-lined Grass Skink, Spotted Litter Skink, White Spotted Supple Skink, Striped Glass Skink, |
| Snake (20 species) | Banded Krait, Indian Rat Snake, Red Sand Boa, Striped Keelback, Painted Keelback, Olive Keelback, Ornate Flying Snake, Jerdon’s Worm Snake, Common Vine Snake, Dog-faced Water Snake, Common Smooth Water Snake, Common Cat Snake, Common Bronzeback Tree Snake, Beaked (Hook-nosed) Sea Snake, Checkered Keelback, Spectacled Cobra, Yellow Sea Snake, Russell’s viper, Monocled Cobra, Common Wolf Snake, |
| Turtle (13 species) | Black Pond Turtle, Sylhet Roofed Turtle, Spotted Flapshell Turtle, River Terrapin, Red-eared Slider, Olive Ridley Turtle, Malayan Box Turtle, Keeled Box Turtle, Black Softshell Turtle, Indian Roofed Turtle, Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle, Indian Eyed Turtle, Elongated Tortoise, |
Amphibians
| Group (Sp. no.) | Common English Name |
|---|---|
| Toad (1 species) | Common Asian Toad |
| Aquatic Frog (11 species) | Skipper Frog, Kalasgram Skipper Frog, Green Frog, Jerdon’s Bull Frog, Indian Bull Frog, Cope’s Assam Frog, Yellow-striped Frog, Bhamo Frog, Dark-sided Frog, Khare’s Stream Frog, Beautiful Stream Frog, |
| Terrestrial Frog (13 species) | Bangladeshi Cricket Frog, Terai Cricket Frog, Crab-eating Frog, Small Cricket Frog, Pierrei’s Cricket Frog, Dhaka Cricket Frog, Nepal Cricket Frog, Berdmore’s Narrow-mouthed Frog, Mymensingh Narrow-mouthed Frog, Ornate narrow-mouthed Frog, Nilphamari Microhylid Frog, Asian Painted Frog, Point Headed Frog |
| Tree Frog (2 species) | Common Tree Frog, Maculated Tree Frog |
Fishes
| Group (species no.) | Common English Name |
|---|---|
| Anchovy (10 species) | Commerson’s Anchovy, Dussumier’s Thryssa, Gangetic Hairfin Anchovy, Goldspotted Grenadier Anchovy, Hamilton’s Thryssa, Ramcarat Grenadier Anchovy, Reynald’s Grenadier Anchovy, Scaly Hairfin Anchovy, Shorthead Hairfin Anchovy, Spined Anchovy, |
| Archerfish | One species of Archerfish (Spotted Archerfish) has been collected. |
| Barb (30 species) | Barna Barilia, Common Rasbora, Cotio, Debario, Flying Barb, Gangetic Scissortail Rasbora, Glass Barb, Golden Barb, Hamilton’s Barilia, Hill-stream Barb, Indian glass barb, Hatchet fish, Indian Highfin Barb, Jaya, Large Razorbelly Minnow, Morari, Olive Barb, Onespot Barb, Pigmy Barb, Rosy Barb, Silver Hatchlet Chela, Sind Danio, Spotfin Swamp Barb, Mini Sucker-mouth Barb, Oriental Suckermouth Barb, Swamp Barb, Two Spotted Barb, Zebra Fish, Gora Chela, Mola Carplet, Assam Danio. |
| Carp (11 species) | Bata Labeo, Black Rohu, Boga Labeo, Boggut Labeo, Catla, Gangetic Latia, Kuria Labeo, Mrigal Carp, Reba, Rohu, Rohu Carp, Pangusia Labio. |
| Catfish (53 species) | Butter Catfish, Fresh Water Shark, Pabdah Catfish, Pabo Catfish, Asian Cory, Asian Striped Catfish, Bannertail Catfish, Batchwa Bacha, Blackbanded Hara, Blacktip Sea Catfish, Copper Catfish, Dwarf Catfish, Gangetic Ailia, Gangetic Gagata, Youssoufi Gagata, Gangetic Goonch, Gangetic Mystus, Gaura, Giant Moth Catfish, Giant River Catfish, Gray Eel Catfish, Gulio Catfish, Huddah Nangra, Indian Copper Catfish, Indian Gagata, Indian Potasi, Jamuna Ailia, Kosi Hara, Long-whiskered Catfish, Menoda Catfish, Murius Vacha, Rita, Roughback Sea Catfish, Shieldheaded Catfish, Shovelnose Catfish, Silondia Bacha, Sisor Catfish, Soldier Catfish, Sona Sea Catfish, Spotted Catfish, Squarehead Catfish, Stinging Catfish, Striped Dwarf Catfish, Sylhet Hara, Walking Catfish, Yellow tailed Catfish, Yellowtail Catfish, Striped Eel-tailed Catfish, Suckermouth catfish, Indian Torrent Catfish and Torrent Catfish |
| Odlet (1 species) | One codlet species (Unicorn Codlet) has been collected. |
| Croaker (11 species) | Belanger’s Croaker, Blotched Tiger-toothed Croaker, Cuja Croaker, Donkey Croaker, Bigeye Croaker, Goatee Croaker, Karut Croaker, Kathala Croaker, Pama, Panna Croaker, Sharpnose Hammer Croaker and Sin Croaker. |
| Eel (14 species) | Boro Snake Eel, Common Pike Conger, Finny Snake Eel, Giant Mottled Eel, Giant Mottled Eel, Longfin African Conger, Longfin Snake Eel, Oriental Sand Eel, Slender Giant Moray, Yellow Pike Conger, Mud Eel, Spotted Spiny Eel, Striped Spiny Eel and Tire-track Spiny Eel. |
| Featherback (2 species) | Grey Featherback and Humped Featherback |
| Flatfish (11 species) | Fourspotted Flunder, Large-toothed Flunder, Malayan Flounder, Zebra sole, Three Spotted Flounder, Commerson’s Sole, Elongate Sole, Oriental Sole, Bengal Tongue Sole, Large Scale Tongue Sole and Long Tongue Sole |
| Flyingfish (2 species) | Black-wing Flyingfish and Four-wing Flying Fish |
| Group (Species No) | Common English Name |
| Glassy Perch (4 species) | Commerson’s Glassy Perchlet, Elongated Glassy Perchlet, Highfin Glassy Perchlet and Indian Glassy Fish |
| Goatfish (2 species) | Ochre-banded Goatfish and Sulphur Goatfish. |
| Goby (20 species) | Pointed-tailed Goby, Snakehead Goby, Bearded Worm Goby, Black Spot Sleeper Goby, Boddart’s Goggle-eye Goby, Mudskipper, Bumblebee Goby, Burrowing Goby, Eelworm Goby, Fine-scale Arrowfin Goby, Goby, Knight Goby, Lutea Sleeper/Kuli Bele, Mudskipper, Rubicundus Eelgoby, Scribbled Goby, Tank Goby, Threadfin Blue Goby, Tropical Sand Goby, Walking Goby and Chring |
| Gourami (5 species) | Banded Gourami, Croaking Gourami, Dwarf Gourami, Honey Gourami and Indian Paradisefish |
| Lizardfish (2 species) | Bombay-duck and Brushtooth Lizardfish |
| Loach (11 species) | Cinnamon Loach, Corica Loach, Creek Loach, Goalpara Loach, Gongota Loach, Guntea Loach, Mottled Loach, Queen Loach, River Loach, Savona/ Half-banded Loach and Y-Loach |
| Mackerel (2 species) | Indian Mackerel and Indo-Pacific King Mackerel |
| Minnow (7 species) | Estuarine Ricefish, Finescale, Razorbelly Minnow, Gray’s stone loach, Rainbooth Minnow, River Stone Carp, Indian Trout and Panchax Minnow |
| Mullet (7 species) | Broad-mouthed Mullet, Corsula Mullet, Goldspot Mullet, Greenback Mullet, Longarm Mullet, Tade Mullet and Yellowtail Mullet |
| Needlefishes (8 species) | Freshwater Garfish, Congaturi Halfbeak, Ectuntio Halfbeak, Long-billed Halfbeak, Wrestling Halfbeak, Banded Needlefish, Feathered River Garfish and Spot-tail Needlefish. |
| Other Marine Perch (15 species) | Banded Barracuda, Moontail Bullseye, Purple Spotted Bigeye, Rosy Threadfin Bream, Indian Drift Fish, Butter Fish, Cobia, Black King Fish, Common Dolphinfish, Brown Surgeon Fish, Pacific Spadefish, Shrimp Scad, Common Remora, Shark Sucker, Banded Sicklefish, Bluecheek silver grunt, Largehead Hairtail and Moon Fish |
| Perch (17 species) | Bali Threadfin Bream, Barramundi, Blue Perch, Climbing perch, Deep Pugnose Ponyfish, Four-banded Tigerfish, Three-striped Tigerfish, Japanese Threadfin Bream, Jonn’s Snapper, Long-bodied Scad, Mottled Nandus, Bloched Grunt, Shadow Drift Fish, Splendid Ponyfish, Butterfish, White-spotted Spinefoot and Yellow Seabream |
| Pipefish (3 species) | River Pipefish, Crocodile Tooth Pipefish, Deocata Pipefish |
| Pomfret (3 species) | Black Pomfret, Chinese Pomfret and Silver Pomfret |
| Pufferfish (6 species) | Lunartail Puffer, Green Pufferfish, Oblong Blow Fish, Ocellated Pufferfish, Puffer Fish and Spotted Porcupine Pufferfish |
| Shad, Herring and Sardinella (16 species) | Tardoore / Longfin Herring, Whitefin Wolf-herring, Ganges River-sprat, Blacktip Sardinella, Chacunda Gizzard Shad, Elongate Ilisha, Fringe Scale Sardine, Ganges River Gizzard Shad, Indian River Shad, Keel Shad, Longfined Gizzard Shad, Rainbow Sardine, River/ Ilisa Shad, Toli Shad, Indo-Pacific Tarpon and White Sardine. |
| Sharks and Rays (17 species) | Bow mouth Guitarfish, Sharp nose Guitarfish, Common Guitarfish, Scalloped Hammerhead, Milk Shark, Shark, Sharp nose Shark, Tiger Shark, Bleeker’s Whipray, Dwarf Whipray, Leopard whipray, Longtail Butterfly Ray, Sharp Snout Stingray, Bluespotted Stingray, Dwarf/Scally Stingray, Grey Bamboo Shark and Spottail Sleeper Ray. |
| Silver-biddy (4 species) | Common silver-biddy, Longfin Majarra /Silver-biddy, Saddleback Silver-biddy and Whipfin Silver-biddy |
| Snakehead (4 species) | Asiatic Giant Snakehead, Bengal Gachua, Spotted Snakehead and Stripped Snakehead |
| Queenfish (4 species) | Bigeye Trevally, Bluefin Trevally, Needleskin Queenfish and Talang Queenfish |
| Threadfin (3 species) | Fourfinger Threadfin, Paradise Threadfin and Yellow-thread Threadfin |
| Trevally (5 species) | Cleftbelly Trevally, False Trevally, Milk Fish, Malabar Trevally, Torpedo Scad and Yellowtail Scad |
| Other Marine Fishes (10 species) | Grunting Toadfish, Longnosed Stargazer, Atlantic Stargazer, Red Soldierfish, Olive-tailed Flathead, Rough Flathead, Grey Stingfish, Blue Line Grouper, Giant Grouper and Striped Grouper |
Molluscs
| Category | Common English Name |
|---|---|
| Freshwater Bivalves (9 species) | Freshwater Mussels (L. marginalis, L. jenkinsianus, P. corrugata, L. corrianus), Ganges Clam (N. gangetica), Hill-stream Mussel (P. gowhattensis), Paddy Mussel (S. deltae), Ridge Oval Mussel, Small Oyster (C. striatella). |
| Freshwater Gastropods (19 species) | Globose Apple Snail, Virens Apple Snail, Long Screw Snail (B. costula), Canal Snail (P. conica), Channeled Hornsnail (P. canaliculata), Disk Snails (M. sequax), Dwarf Screw Snail (B. binodosa), Lymneid Snail (L. luteola), Melanid Snail (T. lineate, T. granifera), Pagoda Tiara (T. scabra), Pond Snails (B. crassa, B. bengalensis, B. dissimilis), Ram’s Horn Snail (I. exustus), Screw Snail (M. tuberculata), Stagnant Pond Snail (L. stagnalis), Striped Canal Snail (P. ornatus), Striped Small Apple Snail. |
| Terrestrial Gastropods (8 species) | Giant African Land Snail, Giant Austen Snail, Girasia Snail, Himalayan Cyclophorus, Indian Cyclophorus, Mangrove Slug, Pearnson’s Cyclophorus, Tropical Leatherleaf snail |
| Marine Bivalves (106 species) | Truncate Lantern Clam, Donax Mussel, Abildgaard’s Tellin, Acuminate Sanguin, Agate Throughshell, Alabstrum Pitar Venus, Almond Ark, Antique Ark, Asiatic Cockle, Asiatic Hard Clam, Atlantic Mud Piddock, Banded Venus, Birmanic Macoma, Bistrig Ark Shell, Blacklip Rock Oyster, Boxlike Tellin, Brief Jackknife Clam, Butler’s Thorny Oyster, Carinate Donax, Common Blue Mussel, Coquina Clam, Coral Rock Oyster, Cuneate Donax, Deck Mussel (S. excises, S. bilocularis), Deck Mussel, Decussate Ark, Decussate Venus, Donacin Sunnetta, Ducal Thorny Oyster, Eared Horse Mussel, Edible Ship Worm, Embossed Venus, Enode Cockle, Fertile Venus (Mactra chinensis), Fertile Venus (Marcia opima), Fleshy Donax, Forked Venus, Fosate Sunetta, Furrowed Horse Mussel, Gaudy Asaphis, Giant Cupped Oyster, Giant Oyster, Giant Pacific Rock Oyster, Granular Ark, Green Mussel, Hazelnut Ark, Heart-shaped Semele, Inequivalve Ark, Japanese Oysters (C. ariakenensis, C. nippona,C. ariakensis), Javanese Razor Clam, Leather Donax, Little White Tellin, Luzon Throughshell, Maculated Troughshell, Mangrove Clam, Mangrove Jingle Shell, Manila Piddock, Mauve Sunetta, Nicobar Yoldia, Nodular Ark, Northern Propeller Clam, Oriental Angel Wing, Pacific Asaphis, Pacific Bean Donax, Pacific Jingle Shell, Pacific Razor Clam, Pill Ark, Planissima tellin, Plicate Kitten Paw, Pure Sunetta, Pure Sunnet Clam, Reflexed Jewel Box, Rhomolid Ark, Ridged Oyster, Rock Oyster (3spp.), Rooster Venus, Saddle Grooved Macoma, Saddle Macoma, Scapha Ark, Spengler’s Tellin, Spotted Gari, Strigose Tellin, Sulcose Venus, Sunetta Clam, Textile Venus, Thin Tellin, Thorny Oyster, Tranquebarica Scallop, Truncate Macoma, Truncate Sunnet, Tumid Venus, Turgid Mactra, Twotoned Cardita, Undulate Venus, Variegated Dosinia, Venus Clam, Venus Cockle, Verginia Oyster, Violet Troughshell, White Piddock, Windowpane Oyster, Youthful Venus. |
| Marine Cephalopods (4 species) | Grey Octopus, Indian Squid (Loligo), Needle Cuttlefish (Sepia), White-spotted Octopus. |
| Marine Gastropods (159 species) | Arabian Cowrie, Articulated Nerite, Asian Cup, Saucer Limpets, Banded Dove Shell, Banded Tun, Belligerent Rock Shell, Black Olive, Black-brown Planaxis, Black-spined Murex, Blandder Moon Snail, Blotched Nerite, Blotchy Ancilla, Body Ear moon shell, Body Ear Shell, Brevispin Star Shell, Broad Marginella, Brown Pacific Turban, Butterfly Moon Snail, Button Top, Caerulea Miter, Calf Moon Shell, Caltrop Murex, Carinate Rockshell, Carrot Cone, Channeled Nassa, Checkerboard Bonnet, Cheradia Cowrie, Cherry Snail, Chestnut Rock-shell, Chickpea Cowrie, Chocolate-lined Top Shell, Clear Sundial, Columnar Cerith, Common Hairy Triton, Crass Turban, Cripsa Turrid, Cryzasum Nerite, Curly Murex, Cylindrical Cowrie, Dark Dove Shell, Diana Conch, Distant Cone, Dragon Cowrie, Eglantie Cowrie, Engraved Cone, False Cup-and- Saucer, Filamentous Horse Conch, Firebrand Murex, Frog Shell, Giant Sundial, Gibbose Latirus,Gibbous/ Fat Olive, Girdled Horn Shell, Gold Ring Cowrie, Graceful Awlsnail, Graceful Cowrie, Graceful Fig Shell, Griffiths Turrid, Guateri’s Moon Snail, Half-ribbed Star Shell, Hirase’s Olive, Hyena Cone, Indian Volute, Isabell’s Miter, Japanese Babylon, Ivory Whelk, Java Turrid, Judas Ear Cassidula, Judas Ear Cassidula, Kernel Cowrie, Lamarck’s cowrie, Lightning Nerite, Lined Moon Snail, Lined Nerite, Lipped Top Shell, Lister’s Conch, Lurid Cowrie, Major Harp, Monastic Cone, Money Cowrie, Moon Snail, Morus Cerith, Mottled Top Shell, Mouthed Cowrie, Mutable Conch, Mutable Nassa, Narrow Marginella, Nassa Mud Snail, Necklace Cerith, Noble Frog Shell, Nodifer Nassa, Northern Star, Obelisk Vertagus, Obtuse Horn Shell, Olive Dog Whelk, Olive Nerite, Orange-mouth Olive, Pear-shaped Cowrie, Pear-shaped Moon Snail, Periwinkle Snail, Pimpled Thaid, Plicate Narite,Polished Nerite, Pond Snail, Prickly Rockshell, Pythia Ear Snail, Quadrate Horn Snail, Radiate Top Shell, Ramose murex, Rarespined Murex, Reticulate Distorsio, Ribbon Bullia, Rough Periwinkle, Rugose Rock Shell, Rustica Rock Shell, Screw Shell, Screw Shell, Screw Snail/Duplicate Turret, Screw Turret, Shrewd Trochid, Small Sundial, Smooth Horse Conch, Smooth Moon Turban, Spiny Frog Shell, Spiral Melongera, Spiral Whelk, Spotted Fig Shell, Spotted Tun, Stigma Cone, Striped Cone Snail, Sulcate Planaxis, Sunburst Carrier Shell, Telescope Snail, Tenellid Cerith, Ternate Melongena, Tesselate Tun, Tiger Cowrie, Tiger Moon Shell, Tissot’s Rock Shell, Toothed Topshell, Traillii Cerith, Tricolour Olive, Tripus Triton, Tubercular Nerite, Tuberculate Ayre Triton, Turnish-shaped Rapa, Two-row Rock-shell, Vagata Turrid, Variable Fig Shell, Violate Moon Snail, Violet Coral Shell, Violet Nerite, Walsh’s Slipper Limpet, Waved Gablet, Waved Nerite, Wave-marked Nerite, Wax-headed Turrid, Wide-mouth Ancilla, Yellow-mouth Top Shell, Zigzag Nerite |
Crustaceans
| Category | Common English Name |
|---|---|
| Barnacles (3 species) | Acorn Barnacle, Secret Four Plated Barnacle, Purple Acorn Barnacle |
| Freshwater Crabs (5 species) | Freshwater Crab, Red Crab, Hill Crab, Red Clawed Crab, River Swimming Crab |
| Marine Crabs (17 species) | Ghost Crab, Common Box Crab, Coral Swimmer Crab, Paddler Crab, Ghost Crab, Thai Vinegar Crab, Armed Moon Crab, Flower Moon Crab, Spider Crab, Horned Ghost Crab, Swimming Crab, Flower Crab, Three Spot Crab, Mud Crab, Olive Mud Crab, Mangrove Crab, Rosy Fiddler Crab |
| Parasitic Crustaceans (4 species) | Fish Louse (A. bengalensis), Fish Parasite (N. orbigny, L. cyprinacea), Prawn Gill Louse(P. bengalensis) |
| Hermit Crabs (3 species) | Blue-striped Hermit Crab (C. longitarsus), Hermit Crab (C. longitarsus), Land Hermit Crab (C. brevimanus). |
| Lobsters, Squillas (4 species) | Mud Spiny Lobster (P. polyphagus), Flathead Lobster (T. orientalis), Common Squilid Mantis Shrimp (O. perpensa), Mantis Shrimp (S. rugosa). |
| Freshwater Prawns (14 species) | Roshma Prawn, Bombay Prawn, Birma River Prawn, River Prawn, Rough River Prawn, Slender River Prawn, Kuncho River Prawn, Lanatum River Prawn, Hill-stream Prawn, Monsoon River Prawn, Blue Banded Shrimp, Giant River Prawn, Hairy River Prawn, Dimua River Prawn. |
| Marine, Estuarine Shrimps (13 species) | Mini Brush Shrimp, Soldier-brush Shrimp, Rednose Shrimp, Jinga Shrimp, Kadal Shrimp, Bird Shrimp, Speckled Shrimp, Rainbow Shrimp, Uncta (Brown Spotted) Shrimp, Kuruma Shrimp, Banana Prawn, Black Tiger Shrimp, Green Tiger Prawn. |
Butterfly
| Category | Common English Name |
|---|---|
| Skipper Butterflies (Hesperiid) (27 species) | Chocolate Demon, Forest Hopper, Brown Awl, Rice Swift, Rounded Palm- Redeye, Moore’s Ace, Tree Flitter, Chestnut Bob, Dark Velvet Bob, Grey Banded Redeye, Chestnut Angle, Common Dartlet, Ceylon Swift, Continental Swift, African Straight Swift, Bengal Swift, Great Swift, Small Branded Swift, Bevan’s Swift, Fulvous Pied Flat, Common Small Flat, Indian Plam Bob, Common Snow Flat, Water Snow Flat, Dark Palm-Dart, Common Palm Dart and Grass Demon. |
| Gossamer-wing Butterflies (Lycaenid) (25 species) | Common Ciliate Blue, Pointed Ciliated Blue, Large Oakblue, Common Oakblue, Common Pierrot, Forget-me-not, Lime Blue, Bright Sunbeam, Gram Blue, Common Tit , Metalic Cerulean, Dark Cerulean, Pea Blue, Zebra Blue, Yamfly, Quaker, Pale Grass Blue, Slate Flash, Copper Flash, Chocolate Royal, Oriental Apefly , Long-banded Silverline, Spotted Pierrot, Common Guava Blue, Lesser Grass Blue |
| Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalid) (39 species) | Tawny Coster, Common Castor, Leopard Lacewing, Black Rajah, Common Yeoman, Plain Tiger, Striped Tiger, Common Duffer, Common Palmfly, Spotted Palmfly, Common Crow, Assam Blue-spotted Crow, Striped Blue Crow, Common Baron, Great Eggfly , Peacock Pansy, Grey Pansy, Yellow Pansy, Chocolate Pansy, Lemon Pansy, Knight, Common Evening Brown, Dark Evening Brown, Commander, Dark-branded Bushbrown, Common Bushbrown, Common Sailor, Sullied Sailor, Nigger, Clipper, Commom Leopard, Common Nawab, Himalayan Spotted Jester, Grey Count, Jungle Glory, Blue Tiger, Painted Lady, Common Fivering and Common Palmfly |
| Parnassian and Swallowtail Butterflies (Papilionid) (13 species) | Tailed Jay, Common Jay, Spot Swordtail, Common Rose, Common Rose, Common Mime , Common Lime, Common Lime Butterfly, Great Mormon, Yellow Helen , Yellow Helen, Blue Mormon, Common Mormon |
| White and Sulphur Butterflies (Pierid) (20 species) | Common Albatross, Stripped Albatross, Chocolate Albatross, Striped Albatross, Common Pierrot, Lemon Emigrant , Mottled migrant, Common Gull, Red-spot Jezebel, Common Jezebel, Painted Jezebel, One Spot Grass Yellow, Three-spot Grass Yellow, Common Grass Yellow, Hill Grass Yellow, Tree Yellow, Great Orange Tip, Psyche, Dark Wanderer, Indian Cabbage White |
| Metalmark Butterflies (Riodinid) (1 species) | Punchinello |
Moths
| Family | Common English Name |
|---|---|
| Owlet moths (Noctuoids) (30 species) | Nine-spotted Moth, Wasp Moth, Orange-Black Moth (underwing), Yellow Tiger Moth, One Wing-spot Moth, Eight Spot Moth, Tropical Tiger Moth, Spotted Orange Moth, Australian Caterpillar Moth, Grey Lined Tiger Moth, Noctuid Moth, Brown-tail (Moth), Fall webworm (Moth), Sugarcane Looper, Brown-striped semilooper, Black-banded Moth, Grey-spotted Moth, Fade Brown Moth, Banded Moth, Isabella Tiger (White) Moth, Small Mosaic Moth, Jute Hairy Caterpillar (Reddish) Moth, Red-body Yellow Moth, Fade Yellow Moth, Brown witch Moth, Peacock Moth, Green Fruit- Pierching Moth, Black-banded Moth, Banded Brown Moth, Spotted Brown Moth |
| Snout moths (Pyraloids) (2 species) | Spotted Yellow Moth, Cucumber Moth |
| Silk Moths, Emperor Moths, Sphinx Moths (Bombycoids) (12 species) | Arisana Moth, Pink-striped Oakworm Moth, Tasar Silkworm Moth, Tasar/Vanya Silkworm Moth, Mango Defoliator Moth, Sweet Potato Moth, Hawk Moth, Jade Hawk Moth, Levant Hawk Moth, Hawk Moth, Yam Hawk Moth, Brown banded hunter hawkmoth |
| Geometrid Moths (6 species) | Looper Moth, Grey Moth, Dark Brown Geometrid (Giant Grey) Moth, False-Tiger Moth, Small Engrailed Moth, Green Moth |
| Other Moths (10 species) | Rose-myrtle Lappet Moth, Blackish Blue Moth, Black Cutworm (moth), Cocoa Tussock Moth, Brown Moth, Coffee Moth, Grey Spotted Moth, Silver Margin Moth, White Moth, White-body Hook tip Moth |
Other arthropods
| Category | Common English Name |
|---|---|
| Ant (4 species) | Common Indian Black Ant, Medium Black ant, Redthorax Ant, White Ant /Subterranean Termites |
| Bee (6 species) | White-banded Bee(C. latitarsis), Sweet Bee, Carpenter Bee (X. auripennis, X. aestuans), Metalic Green Bee, Spottedwing Big Bee |
| Beetle (70 species) | Ashy Longhorned Beetle, Asian Click Beetle, Asian Palm Weevil (Beetle), Asiatic Rhinoceros Beetle, Astycus Weevil (Beetle), Bamboo Borer, Bhat Leaf Beetle, Bigheaded Ground Beetle, Black Bombardier beetle, Black Rove Beetle, Black Seed Weevil, Blackspotted Red Leaf Beetle, Blister Beetle or Bristle Beetle, Bombider Beetle (B. armiger, P. occipitalis), Brown Thorax Beetle, Carabid Beetle, Darkling (‘Bhushi’) Beetle , Dung Beetle (C. molossus, O. tragus), False Bombardier Beetle, Fire Fly (Beetle), Gazella Scarab (Beetle), Giant Water Scavenger Beetle, Gold Dust Weevil, Golden Edge Diving Beetle, Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil, Grey Hard Beetle, Grey Longhorned Beetle, Ground Beetle, Ground Beetle (Small Metalic), Hogplum Beetle, orny Beetle, Jute Steam Weevil , Large Black Click Beetle, Large Scavenging Water-Beetle, Medium Brown Beetle, Medium Longhorned Beetle, Metalic Woodboring Beetle, Metallic Beetle, Monkeypod Round-headed Longhorn Beetle, Northern Masked Chafer, Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle, Rhinoceros Beetle, Rove Beetle, Rove Beetle (Nairobi fly), Scrab Beetle, Shining Leaf Chafer (A. albopilosa, A. bengalensis) , Short Black Beetle, Short Roov Beetle, Short-antenna Longhorned Beetle, Small Black Beetle, Small Flat Black Beetle, Small Four Spotted Beetle, Small Grey Hard Beetle, Small Longhorned Beetle , Small Redish Beetle, Small Shorthead Beetle, Spotted Leafrolling Weevil (Beetle), Spotted-wing Weevil (Beetle), Spot-winged Beetle, Tiger Beetle, Tiger Beetle (Ornate), Tortoise Beetle , Transverse Ladybird Beetle, True Water Beetle ,Velvet Long-horned Beetle, Yellow-margin Ground Beetle, Yellow-winged Beetle |
| Bug (30 species) | Ant Bug, Bed Bug, Bell Cicada, Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Creeping (Oval) Water Bug, Creeping (Small) Water Bug, Fade Brown Bug, Flatid Planthopper, Flatleg Bug, Giant Mango Mealy Bug, Giant Red Bug, Giant Water Bug (Nymph), Green Stink Bug/ Citrus Shield Bug, Horned Bug, Kissing (Grey) Bug, Lablab bug/ Bean Bug, Long Dark Bug, Long Green Jewel Bug, Long Water Scorpion, Orange Rice Bug, Red Bug, Rice Bug, Small Dark Bug, Small Grey Bug, Small Narrow Bug, Spined Jewel Bug, Spotback Bug, Stink Bug, Watermelon (Brown) Bug, Yellow-margin Bug |
| Bush Cricket (2 species) | Great Green Bush Cricket, Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket |
| Centipede and Millipede (7 species) | Blue Centipede, Soil Centipede, Giant Centipede, Red-headed (Blue) Centipede, Greenhouse Millipede, Pill Millipede, Rusty (Red) Millipede |
| Cockroach (6 species) | American Cockroach, Garden Cockroach, German Cockroach, Oriental Cockroach, Pennsylvia Wood Cockroach, Water Cockroach |
| Cricket (4 species) | Field Cricket, Grey Bush Cricket, House Cricket, Large(Monstrous) Cricket |
| Damselfly (10 species) | Bandwing Damselfly, Black-Tailed Marsh Dart, Blue Grass Dart , Coromandel Marsh Dart, Orange- tailed Marsh Dart, Rambur’s Forktail, Rusty Marsh Dart, Senegal Golden Dartlet, Stream Glory, Western Golden Dartlet. |
| Dragonfly (34 species) | Banded Greenish Dragonfly, Black tailed Dasher, Black-banded Dragonfly, Black-tipped Ground Skimmer , Blue Dasher (Grey tailed) Dragonfly, Blue Ground Skimmer, Blue Marsh Hawk, Blue-tailed Forest Hawk , Common Clubtail, Common Picture Wing Dragonfly, Coral Tailed Cloud wing, Dingy Dusk-hawker, Ditch Jewel , Estuarine Skimmer , Fade yellow Dragonfly, Fulvous Forest Skimmer, Greater Crimson Glider , Little Blue Marsh Hawk, Long-Legged Marsh Glider, Pied Paddy Skimmer, Red Marsh Hawk Dragonfly, Rufous Marsh Glider , Rufous-backed Marsh Hawk , Rusty Darner , Scarlet Marsk Hawk Dragonfly, Scarlet Skimmer, Short Yellow Dragonfly, Slender skimmer/ Green marsh hawk , Tri Colour Marsh Hawk , Trumpet-Tail , Wandering Glider , Western River Cruiser (Nymph), Yellow wing Dragonfly, Yellow tailed Ashy Skimmer |
| Earwig (2 species) | Brown-legged Earwig, Ring-legged Earwig |
| Fly (21 species) | Band-winged Fruitfly, Big Fly, Big Fly (short), Blotchwing Fly, Blowfly (C.erythrocephala, S. annandalei), Common Housefly, Emerald Eye Gadfly, Green Bronze Fly, Green Heads (Emerald Eyed Horse Fly), Grey Horse Fly, Horsefly, Housefly, Long fly, Orange-bellied Fly, Red-eyed Fly, Red-footed Cannibalfly, Short-belly Big Fly, Stable Fly, Tachinid Fly, Tiger Hoverfly/ Flowerfly |
| Fruit-fly (2 species) | Narrow Belly Fly, Oriental Fruit Fly |
| Grasshopper (27 species) | American Bird Grasshopper, Ashy Grasshopper, Banded Leg Grasshopper, Banded Leg Short-horned Grasshopper, Brown Grasshopper, Citrus Locust, Fork-tailed Bush Katydid, Grasshopper, Greater Angle-wing Katydid, Grey Grasshopper, Grey Katydid, Long Pink Grasshopper, Longheaded Grasshopper, Long-horned Groundhopper, Long-winged conehead (m), Pigmy Grasshopper, Redleg Grasshopper, Rice Grasshopper, Short Horned Grasshopper (Nymph), Short-horn (Grey) Grasshopper, Short-horned (Spotless) Grasshopper, Short-horned (Spotted) Grasshopper, Slender Gumleaf Grasshopper, Small Grasshopper, Small Rice Grasshopper, Spotted-wing Nosed Grasshopper, Sword-bearing Conehead |
| Harvestman (1 species) | Harvestman |
| Honey Bee (3 species) | Dwarf Honeybee, Indian Honey bee, Small Honey Bee |
| Horseshoe Crab (1 species) | Mangrove Horseshoe Crab, King Crab |
| Larvae and Pupa (17 species) | Bagworm (Mimic) Larva, Black Caterpillar, Black-yellow Caterpillar, Brown Caterpillar, Cauliflower (Fulkopi) Larvae, Common Mormon (Larva), Dragonfly Nymph, Jute Hairy Caterpillar, Large Scavenging Water-Beetle (Larva), Leopard Lacewing Larva, Moth Larva, Rose-myrtle Lappet Moth (Larvae), Rusty darner Nymph, Rusty Tussock Moth (Four-humped) Catterpillar, Small Caterpillar, Small Wasp Larva, Water Beetle Larva, Pupa of Mango Defoliator/ Cricula silkmoth, Pupa of Lime Butterfly |
| Mantis (5 species) | Dark Mantis, European Mantis, Giant Asian Mantis, Mosaic Mantis, Small Mantis |
| Mole Cricket (1 species) | Asian Mole Cricket |
| Other Insect (3 species) | Grey Insect, Transparent -wing Insect/Moth, Yellow-banded Insect |
| Owlfly (2 species) | Owlfly/ Ant lion, Small Owlfly |
| Parasite (2 species) | Pigeon Louse, Plain Prinia Louse |
| Shield Bug (3 species) | Lychee Shield Bug, Rainbow Shield Bug, Watermelon Shield Bug |
| Spider (16 species) | Big-jawed (Globe belly) Spider, Black Wood Spider, Brown Wood Spider, Bush Spider, Crop Field Spider, Giant Wood Spider, House Spider, Huntsman Spider, Large Orb-web Spider, Light yellow Spider, Long-legged Spider, Orange- belly Spider, Small Spider, Yellow Crab Spider (Cosmos), Yellow Huntsman Spider, Yellow Sac Spider |
| Stick Insect (3 species) | Annam Walking Stick, Darwin Stick Insect, Indian Stick Insect |
| Tick (1 species) | Tick/ Jackal Louse |
| Treehopper (2 species) | Horned Treehopper and Treehopper |
| Wasp (18 species) | Banded Wasp, lack & Yellow Mud Dauber Wasp, Blackish Small Wasp, Cuckoo Wasp, Fossorial Wasp, Goldenwing wasp, Great Digger (Long-bellied) Wasp, Greater Banded Hornet, Long-bellied Wasp, Medium Yellow-leg Wasp, Paper (Yellow) Wasp, Paper Wasp, Paper Wasp, Thread-waist Wasp, Wasp, White Banded-bellied Wasp, Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp |
| Water Bug and Strider (7 species) | Giant (Oval) Water Bug, Giant Water Bug, Pond Skater, Water Strider, Pond Skater, Water Strider, Red Cotton Bug |
| Whip Scorpion (1 species) | Whip Scorpion |
Other invertebrates
| Category | Common English Name |
|---|---|
| Coral (9 species) | Comb Coral, Table Coral, Brain Coral, False Knob Coral, Larger Star Coral, Hump Coral, Disc Coral |
| Earthworm (1 species) | Earthworm |
| Hydroid (1 species) | Snail Fur |
| Jellyfish (2 species) | White-spotted Jellyfish, Blue Jellyfish |
| Leech (3 species) | Indian Cattle Leech, Leech |
| Mite (1 species) | Mite of a Pangolin |
| Parasite (9 species) | Horsehair parasite, Giant Roundworm, Ring Lizard’s Parasite, Eye Worm, Poultry Roundworm, Yellow Grub, Thread worm, Tapeworm |
| Sea Anemone (1 species) | Sea Anemone |
| Sea Urchin (1 species) | Regular Sea Urchin |
| Starfish (1 species) | Sea Star |