List of animals in the Galápagos Islands

This is a list of animals that live in the Galápagos Islands. The fauna of the Galápagos Islands include a total of 9,000 confirmed species, over 1,500 of which are endemic to the archipelago. Due to amphibians' intolerance of saltwater, no amphibians naturally occur on the Galapagos Islands.

Mammals

Marsupials Common namePictureScientific nameDistribution and habitatCommon opossumDidelphis marsupialisIntroduced, occurs only on Santa Fé

Rodents Common namePictureScientific nameDistribution and habitatGalapagos rice ratAegialomys galapagoensisEndemic, occurs only on Santa Fé and possibly Santiago Santiago rice rat Nesoryzomys swarthiEndemic, occurs only on SantiagoFernandina rice rat Nesoryzomys fernandinaeEndemic, occurs only on FernandinaLarge Fernandina rice rat Nesoryzomys narboroughiEndemic, occurs only on FernandinaDarwin's Galapagos mouse Nesoryzomys darwiniEndemic, extinctIndefatigable Galapagos mouse Nesoryzomys indefessusEndemic, extinctGalapagos giant ratMegaoryzomys curioiEndemic, extinctHouse mouseMus musculusIntroduced, found on Santiago, Santa Cruz, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Florena, Baltra, North Seymour, South Plaza, and North PlazaBlack ratRattus rattusIntroduced, found on Baltra, Bartolomé, Floreana, Isabela, Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, North Seymour, Pinzón, and Santiago islands.Brown ratRattus norvegicusIntroduced, found on Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, Isabela, Rábida

Pinnipeds Common namePictureScientific nameDistribution and habitatGalápagos fur sealArctocephalus galapagoensisEndemic, occurs on all islands Galápagos sea lionZalophus wollebaekiOccurs on all islands

Bats Common namePictureScientific nameDistribution and habitatSouth American hoary batLasiurus villosissimusOccurs on Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, Isabela, Santiago, and Floreana Southern red batLasiurus blossevillii brachyotisEndemic subspecies, only found on Santa Cruz and San Cristóbal

Bovids Common namePictureScientific nameDistribution and habitatCattleBos taurusIntroduced, found on Floreana, Isabela, Santa Cruz and San Cristóbal GoatCapra hircusIntroduced, found on Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, Floreana and southern Isabela. Eradicated from northern Isabela, Baltra, Española, Plaza Sur, Santa Fe, Marchena, Rábida, Santiago, and Pinta

Cetaceans Common namePictureScientific nameDistribution and habitatCommon bottlenose dolphinTursiops truncatusMinke whaleBalaenoptera acutorostrataBryde's whaleBalaenoptera brydeiSei whaleBalaenoptera borealisFin whaleBalaenoptera physalusBlue whaleBalaenoptera musculusHumpback whaleMegaptera novaeangliaeSperm whalePhyseter macrocephalusOrcaOrcinus orcaSpinner dolphinStenella longirostrisStriped dolphinStenella coeruleoalbaDwarf sperm whaleKogia simaRisso's DolphinGrampus griseusShort-finned pilot whaleGlobicephala macrorhynchusMelon-headed whalePeponocephala electraIndo-Pacific beaked whaleIndopacetus pacificusCuvier's beaked whaleZiphius cavirostrisFraser's dolphinLagenodelphis hoseiBlainville's beaked whaleMesoplodon densirostrisGinkgo-toothed beaked whaleMesoplodon ginkgodens

Reptiles Common namePictureScientific nameDistribution and habitatPinta Island tortoiseChelonoidis niger abingdoniiExtinct, formerly Pinta IslandVolcán Wolf tortoiseChelonoidis niger beckiOnly occurs on Northern Isabela Island, northern and western slopes of Volcán Wolf.Chatham Island tortoiseChelonoidis niger chathamensisOnly occurs on Northeastern San Cristóbal IslandSantiago Island giant tortoiseChelonoidis niger darwiniOnly occurs on West-central Santiago IslandEastern Santa Cruz Island tortoiseChelonoidis niger donfaustoiOnly occurs on Eastern Santa Cruz IslandPinzón Island giant tortoiseChelonoidis niger duncanensisOnly occurs on Southwestern Pinzón IslandSierra Negra giant tortoiseChelonoidis niger guentheri Only occurs on Isabela Island on Sierra Negra volcano, one group in the east and another over the western and southwestern slopesHood Island tortoiseChelonoidis niger hoodensisOnly occurs on Española IslandVolcán Darwin tortoiseChelonoidis niger microphyes Only occurs on Isabela Island, on the southern and western slopes of Volcán DarwinFloreana Island giant tortoise Chelonoidis niger nigerExtinct, formerly Floreana Island, possible hybrids on Isabela IslandFernandina Island tortoise Chelonoidis niger phantasticus Only occurs on Fernandina IslandWestern Santa Cruz Island tortoiseChelonoidis niger porteriOnly occurs on Western Santa CruzVolcán Alcedo tortoiseChelonoidis niger vandenburghi Only occurs on Central Isabela Island on the caldera and southern slopes of Volcán AlcedoIguana Cove tortoiseChelonoidis niger vicinaOnly occurs on Isabela Island's Cerro Azul volcanoGreen sea turtleChelonia mydasOccurs in the water throughout the Galapagos, only sea turtle species that nests in the Galapagos, mainly on Isabela and Santa Cruz Islands.Marine iguanaAmblyrhynchus cristatusOccurs on all islandsGalápagos land iguanaConolophus subcristatusOccurs in the dry lowlands of Fernandina, Isabela, Santa Cruz, North Seymour, Baltra, and the South Plaza IslandsGalápagos pink land iguanaConolophus marthaeOnly occurs on the Wolf Volcano on Isabela IslandSanta Fe land iguanaConolophus pallidusOnly occurs on Santa FeAlbemarle lava lizardMicrolophus albemarlensisOccurs on Isabela, Santa Cruz, Fernandina, Santiago, Santa Fe, North Seymour, Plaza Sur, Daphne Major, and RábidaSanta Fe lava lizardMicrolophus barringtonensisOnly occurs on Santa FeSan Cristóbal lava lizardMicrolophus bivittatusOnly occurs on San Cristóbal Hood lava lizard Microlophus delanonisOnly occurs on Española Pinzón lava lizardMicrolophus duncanensisOnly occurs on Pinzón Floreana lava lizardMicrolophus grayiiOccurs on Floreana and nearby Champion, Caldwell, Enderby, and GardnerMarchena lava lizard Microlophus habeliiOnly occurs on MarchenaSanta Cruz lava lizardMicrolophus indefatigabilisOccurs on Santa Cruz, Baltra, and North Seymour Santiago lava lizardMicrolophus jacobiOnly occurs on Santiago and nearby Rábida Common Pacific iguanaMicrolophus pacificusOnly occurs on PintaGalapagos racerPseudalsophis biserialisOnly occurs on San Cristóbal and the offshore islands of Champion, Enderby, and Gardner, extirpated from FloreanaDarwin's racerPseudalsophis darwiniOccurs on Fernandina and Isabela, along with Tortuga IsletSanta Cruz racerPseudalsophis dorsalisOccurs on Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Baltra, and North SeymourSantiago racerPseudalsophis hephaestusOnly occurs on Santiago and nearby Rábida Espanola racerPseudalsophis hoodensisOnly occurs on Española and nearby Gardner IsletWestern Galapagos racerPseudalsophis occidentalisOccurs on both Fernandina and Isabela, along with Tortuga and Cowley IsletsBanded Galapagos racerPseudalsophis sleviniOnly occurs on PinzónStriped Galapagos racerPseudalsophis steindachneriOccurs in eastern Santa Cruz, along with Baltra and North Seymour Thomas' racerPseudalsophis thomasiOnly occurs on Santiago and nearby Rábida Yellow-bellied sea snakeHydrophis platuruOccurs in the waters around Isabela, Santiago, Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, Española, Floreana, and GenovesaBarrington leaf-toed gecko Phyllodactylus barringtonensisOnly occurs on Santa FeAndy Sabin's leaf-toed gecko Phyllodactylus andysabiniOnly occurs on the northern and western slopes of Wolf Volcano on IsabelaBaur's leaf-toed gecko Phyllodactylus bauriiOnly occurs on Floreana and nearby Gardner, Champion, and EnderbyDarwin's leaf-toed gecko Phyllodactylus darwiniOnly occurs on San Cristóbal and offshore Lobos IsletEspañola leaf-toed geckoPhyllodactylus goriiOnly occurs on Española and nearby Gardner and Osborn isletsGalapagos leaf-toed gecko Phyllodactylus galapagensisOccurs on Santa Cruz, Baltra, and North Seymour, along with offshore islands Daphne Major, Guy Fawkes, North Plaza, and South PlazaGilbert's leaf-toed gecko Phyllodactylus gilbertiOnly occurs on Darwin and WolfSimpson's leaf-toed gecko Phyllodactylus simpsoniOccurs on Isabela and Fernandina, along with Tortuga and Cowley IsletsPinzón Leaf-toed Gecko Phyllodactylus duncanensisOnly occurs on PinzónChatham leaf-toed gecko Phyllodactylus leeiOnly occurs on San CristóbalMares's leaf-toed gecko Phyllodactylus maresiOccurs on Santiago, Marchena, Rábida, and BartoloméPeters' leaf-toed gecko Phyllodactylus reissiiIntroduced, occurs Isabela, Santa Cruz, Floreana, and San CristóbalShieldhead geckoGonatodes caudiscutatusIntroduced, occurs on Isabela, Santa Cruz, and San CristóbalAsian house geckoHemidactylus frenatusIntroduced, occurs on Isabela, Santa Cruz, and San CristóbalMourning geckoLepidodactylus lugubrisIntroduced, occurs on Santa Cruz, Floreana, and San Cristóbal

Birds Common namePictureScientific nameDistribution and habitatBlack-bellied whistling duckDendrocygna autumnalisVagrant, one record from Isabela, and one record from Santa CruzNorthern shovelerSpatula clypeataVagrant, one record from IsabelaBlue-winged tealSpatula discorsMigrant, found on Isabela, San Cristóbal, and Santa Cruz during October-MayCinnamon tealSpatula cyanopteraVagrant, one record from IsabelaWhite-cheeked pintailAnas bahamensis galapagensisEndemic subspecies, occurs on Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Floreana, San Cristóbal, Fernandina and Genovesa Domestic mallardAnas platyrhynchos domesticusIntroduced, found on Isabela, Santa Cruz, and San CristóbalMasked duckNomonyx dominicus Vagrant, one record from San Cristóbal, and one record from Santa CruzComb duckSarkidiornis sylvicolaVagrant, one record from Santa CruzHelmeted guineafowlNumida meleagris Introduced, found on Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, and possibly IsabelaGreen peafowlPavo muticusIntroduced, possibly found on San CristóbalCommon quailCoturnix coturnix Introduced, found on Santa CruzDomestic chickenGallus gallus domesticusIntroduced, found on Baltra, Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, and Santa CruzWild turkeyMeleagris gallopavo Introduced, found on San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, and possibly IsabelaChilean