Having spent a significant amount of time in some of the best national parks of Thailand, I’m fortunate to have seen a long list of species.
Reptiles & mammals are my primary goals when visiting the Thai jungles, but I do enjoy the more colorful bird species as well to fill up the time between the mammal and herpetofauna sightings 😉 .

Without a doubt, the highlight of it all is the Mainland Clouded Leopard; the most beautiful cat in the world I dare to say.
Also one of the most elusive species around. Still, I have been extremely fortunate to see this species more than once. The very first encounter being the most unforgettable.
A female with two large cubs crossed the road while we were on a night drive in Khao Yai national park. The two cubs slowly followed their mother into the jungle, but showed little fear and looked us straight in the eyes.
As usual with these exceptional sightings I did not have my camera with me. Actually, I had a pocket camera on me, but as the name says, it was in my pocket. Being stunned by the appearance of these magnificent creatures, it took 5 minutes after the sighting before I realized that I had this little camera with me…
Apart from one fleeting sighting of one running across the road in Khao Yai in the late afternoon, I only had one other ‘reasonable’ chance to photograph this species. In April 2015. But my torch was running out of battery power and couldn’t offer enough light for my camera to lock focus on the cat in the distance. Again I returned home without photographic evidence.
One day I will get a shot!

Enough about this, time for the list.

 

WILDLIFE OF THAILAND – PERSONAL LIFE LIST

MAMMALS OF THAILAND – MAMMALIA

PHOLIDOTA

Pangolins – Manidae

1. Sunda Pangolin, Manis javanica

 

INSECTIVORA

Gymnures – Erinaceidae

2. Moonrat, Echinosorex gymnura
3. Short-tailed Gymnure, Hylomys suillus

 

Moles – Talpidae

No species seen or no species identified to species level

 

Shrews – Soricidae

4. Himalayan Water Shrew, Chimarrogale himalayica

 

SCANDENTIA

Feather-tailed Treeshrews – Ptilocercidae

No species seen or no species identified to species level

 

Treeshrews – Tupaiidae

5. Northern Treeshrew, Tupaia belangeri
6. Common Treeshrew, Tupaia glis

 

DERMOPTERA

Colugos – Cynocephalidae

7. Sunda Flying Lemur, Galeopterus variegatus

 

CHIROPTERA – BATS

Fruit Bats – Pteropodidae

8. Malayan Spotted-winged Fruit Bat, Balionycteris seimundi
9. Sunda Short-nosed Fruit Bat, Cynopterus cf. brachyotis
10. Ratanaworabhan’s Fruit Bat, Megaerops niphanae
11. Island Flying Fox, Pteropus hypomelanus
12. Large Flying Fox, Pteropus vampyrus
13. Lyle’s Flying Fox, Pteropus lylei

 

Mouse-tailed Bats – Rhinopomatidae

No species seen or no species identified to species level

 

Sheath-tailed & Tomb Bats – Emballonuridae

14. Lesser Sheath-tailed Bat, Emballonura monticola
15. Black-bearded Tomb Bat, Taphozous melanopogon

 

Hog-nosed Bats – Craseonycteridae

16. Kitti’s Hog-nosed Bat, Craseonycteris thonglongyai

 

Hollow-faced Bats – Nycteridae

No species seen or no species identified to species level

 

False-vampires – Megadermatidae

17. Lesser False Vampire Bat, Megaderma spasma

 

Horseshoe Bats – Rhinolophidae

18. Croslet Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus coelophyllus
19. Great Woolly Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus luctus
20. Shamel’s Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus shameli
21. Thai Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus thailandensis

 

Roundleaf Bats – Hipposideridae

22. Great Roundleaf Bat, Hipposideros armiger
23. Intermediate Roundleaf Bat, Hipposideros larvatus
24. Large-eared Roundleaf Bat, Hipposideros pomona

 

Common Bats – Vespertilionidae

25. Painted Bat, Kerivoula picta

 

Free-tailed Bats – Molossidae

26. Asian Wrinkle-lipped Bat, Chaerephon plicatus

 

PRIMATES – PROSIMIANS, MONKEYS & APES

Slow Loris – Lorisidae

27. Bengal Slow Loris, Nycticebus bengalensis
28. Sunda Slow Loris, Nycticebus coucang

 

Monkeys – Cercopithecidae

29. Stump-tailed Macaque, Macaca arctoides
30. Assamese Macaque, Macaca assamensis
31. Crab-eating Macaque (Long-tailed Macaque), Macaca fascicularis
32. Northern Pig-tail Macaque, Macaca leonina
33. Southern Pig-tail Macaque, Macaca nemestrina
34. Banded Langur, Presbytis femoralis
35. White-thighed Langur, Presbytis siamensis
36. Indochinese Grey Langur, Trachypithecus crepusculus
37. Dusky Langur, Trachypithecus obscurus

 

Gibbons – Hylobatidae

38. Agile Gibbon, Hylobates agilis
39. White-handed Gibbon, Hylobates lar
40. Pileated Gibbon, Hylobates pileatus

Note: Have seen Pileated x White-handed Gibbon hybrids (Khao Yai)

 

CARNIVORA – DOGS, BEARS, WEASELS, MARTENS, OTTERS, CIVETS, MONGOOSES & CATS

Dogs – Canidae

41. Golden Jackal, Canis aureus
42. Dhole (Asian Wild Dog), Cuon alpinus

 

Bears – Ursidae

43. Malayan Sun Bear, Helarctos malayanus
44. Asian Black Bear, Ursus thibetanus

 

Mustelids – Mustelidae

45. Hog Badger, Arctonyx collaris
46. Smooth-coated Otter, Lutrogale perspicillata
47. Yellow-throated Marten, Martes flavigula

 

Civets – Viverridae

48. Binturong, Arctictis binturong
49. Small-toothed Palm Civet, Arctogalidia trivirgata
50. Banded Civet, Hemigalus derbyanus
51. Masked Palm Civet, Paguma larvata
52. Asian Palm Civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
53. Large Indian Civet, Viverra zibetha
54. Small Indian Civet, Viverricula indica

 

Linsangs – Prionodontidae

55. Banded Linsang, Prionodon linsang

 

Mongooses – Herpestidae

56. Small Asian Mongoose, Herpestes javanicus
57. Crab-eating Mongoose, Herpestes urva

 

Cats – Felidae

58. Clouded Leopard, Neofelis nebulosa
59. Indochinese Leopard (both spotted and black phase), Panthera pardus delacouri
60. Marbled Cat, Pardofelis marmorata
61. Leopard Cat, Prionailurus bengalensis
62. Fishing Cat, Prionailurus viverrinus

 

PROBOSCIDEA

Elephants – Elephantidae

63. Asian Elephant, Elephas maximus

 

PERISSODACTYLA – ODD-TOED UNGULATES

Tapirs – Tapiridae

64. Asian Tapir, Tapirus indicus

 

Rhinoceroses – Rhinocerotidae

No species seen or no species identified to species level

 

ARTIODACTYLA – EVEN-TOED UNGULATES

Pigs – Suidae

65. Wild Boar, Sus scrofa

 

Mousedeer – Tragulidae

66. Lesser Mousedeer, Tragulus kanchil
67. Greater Mousedeer, Tragulus napu

 

Deer – Cervidae

68. Hog Deer, Axis porcinus (Re-introduced)
69. Fea’s Muntjac (Tenasserim Muntjac), Muntiacus feae
70. Indian Muntjac, Muntiacus muntjak
71. Eld’s Deer, Rucervus eldii (Re-introduced)
72. Sambar Deer, Rusa unicolor

 

Cattle & Goats – Bovidae

73. Gaur, Bos frontalis
74. Banteng, Bos javanicus
75. Indochinese Serow, Capricornis milneedwardsi
76. Southern Serow, Capricornis sumatraensis
77. Chinese Goral, Naemorhedus griseus

 

RODENTIA – SQUIRRELS, RATS & PORCUPINES

Squirrels – Sciuridae

78. Grey-bellied Squirrel, Callosciurus caniceps
79. Pallas’s Squirrel, Callosciurus erythraeus
80. Finlayson’s Squirrel, Callosciurus finlaysonii
81. Sunda Black-banded Squirrel, Callosciurus nigrovittatus
82. Plantain Squirrel, Callosciurus notatus
83. Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel, Dremomys rufigenis
84. Phayre’s Flying Squirrel, Hylopetes phayrei
85. Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel, Hylopetes spadiceus
86. Three-striped Ground Squirrel, Lariscus insignis
87. Indochinese Ground Squirrel, Menetes berdmorei
88. Lesser Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista elegans
89. Red Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista petaurista
90. Indian Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista phillippensis
91. Temminck’s Flying Squirrel, Petinomys setosus
92. Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel, Ratufa affinis
93. Black Giant Squirrel, Ratufa bicolor
94. Low’s Squirrel, Sundasciurus lowii
95. Slender Squirrel, Sundasciurus tenuis
96. Western Striped Squirrel, Tamiops mcclellandii
97. Cambodian Striped Squirrel, Tamiops rodolphii

 

Rats & Mice – Muridae

98. Bowers’s Rat, Berylmys bowersi
99. Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree-mouse, Chiropodomys gliroides
100. Long-tailed Giant Rat, Leopoldamys sabanus

 

Voles – Cricetidae

No species seen or no species identified to species level

 

Bamboo Rats – Spalacidae

No species seen or no species identified to species level

 

Porcupines – Hystricidae

101. Asian Porcupine, Hystrix Brachyura
102. Asian Brush-tailed Porcupine, Atherurus macrourus

 

LAGOMORPHA – HARES & RABBITS

Hares – Leporidae

103. Siamese Hare, Lepus peguensis

 

CETACEA – WHALES, DOLPHINS & PORPOISES

Whales – Baleanopteridae

104. Bryde’s whale, Balaenoptera brydei

 

SIRENIA – SEA COWS

Dugongs – Dugongidae

No species seen or no species identified to species level

 

 

 

REPTILES OF THAILAND

CROCODYLIA

Crocodylidae – Crocodiles

1. Siamese Crocodile, Crocodylus siamensis

 

Gavialidae – Gharials

No species seen or no species identified to species level

 

CHELONII – TURTLES & TORTOISES

Geoemydidae – Asian Hardshelled Turtles

1. Malayan Box Turtle, Cuora amboinensis
2. Enigmatic Leaf Turtle, Cyclemys enigmatica
3. Oldham’s Leaf Turtle, Cyclemys oldhamii
4. Yellow-headed Temple Turtle, Heosemys annandalii
5. Giant Asian Pond Turtle, Heosemys grandis
6. Spiny Turtle, Heosemys spinosa
7. Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle, Notochelys platynota
8. Malayan Snail-eating Turtle, Malayemys macrocephala
9. Black Marsh Turtle, Siebenrockiella crassicollis

 

Cheloniidae – Sea Turtles

No species seen or no species identified to species level

 

Dermochelyidae – Leatherback Sea Turtles

No species seen or no species identified to species level

 

Platysternidae – Asian Big-headed Turtles

No species seen or no species identified to species level

 

Testudinidae – Land Tortoises

10. Elongated Tortoise, Indotestudo elongata
11. Asian Forest Tortoise, Manouria emys phayrei

 

Trionychidae – Softshell Turtles

12. Malayan Softshell Turtle, Dogania subplana
13. Southeast Asian Softshell turtle, Amyda cartilaginea

 

LACERTILIA – LIZARDS

Agamidae – Agamid Lizards

1. Armored Spiny Lizard, Acanthosaura armata
2. Orange-crested Spiny Lizard, Acanthosaura aurantiacrista
3. Bintang Spiny Lizard, Acanthosaura bintangensis
4. Cardamom Mountains Spiny Lizard, Acanthosaura cardamomensis
5. Boulenger’s Spiny Lizard, Acanthosaura crucigera
6. Southern Spiny Lizard, Acanthosaura meridiona
7. Scale-bellied Spiny Lizard, Acanthosaura lepidogaster
8. Phuket Spiny Lizard, Acanthosaura phuketensis

 

To be continued!

 

Varanidae – Monitor Lizards

9. Duméril’s Monitor Lizard, Varanus dumerilii
10. Clouded Monitor Lizard, Varanus nebulosus
11. Roughneck Monitor Lizard, Varanus rudicollis
12. Water Monitor Lizard, Varanus salvator

 

SERPENTES – SNAKES

Acrochordidae – Wart Snakes

1. Elephant Trunk Snake, Acrochordus javanicus

 

Typhlopidae – Blind Snakes

2. Diard’s Blind Snake, Argyrophis diardii
3. Brahminy Blind Snake, Indotyphlops braminus

 

Colubridae – Colubrids

4. Speckle-headed Vine Snake, Ahaetulla fasciolata
5. Large-eyed Vine Snake, Ahaetulla mycterizans
6. Indochinese Long-nosed Vine Snake, Ahaetulla fusca
7. Oriental Vine Snake, Ahaetulla prasina
8. Ornate Flying Snake, Chrysopelea ornata
9. Paradise Flying Snake, Chrysopelea paradisi
10. Striped Bronzeback, Dendrelaphis caudolineatus
11. Blue Bronzeback, Dendrelaphis cyanochloris
12. Beautiful Bronzeback, Dendrelaphis formosus
13. Haas’s Bronzeback, Dendrelaphis haasi
14. Kopstein’s Bronzeback, Dendrelaphis kopsteini
15. Nganson Bronzeback, Dendrelaphis ngansonensis
16. Sawtooth-necked Bronzeback, Dendrelaphis nigroserratus
17. Painted Bronzeback, Dendrelaphis pictus
18. Unidentified Bronzeback, Dendrelaphis sp.
19. Striated Bronzeback, Dendrelaphis striatus
20. Mountain Bronzeback, Dendrelaphis subocularis
21. Vogel’s Bronzeback, Dendrelaphis vogeli
22. Red Whip Snake, Dryophiops rubescens
23. Variable Reed Snake, Calamaria lumbricoidea
24. Brown Reed Snake, Calamaria pavimentata
25. Pink-headed Reed Snake, Calamaria schlegeli
26. Dwarf Reed Snake, Pseudorabdion longiceps
27. Bengkulu Cat Snake, Boiga bengkuluensis
28. Green Cat Snake, Boiga cyanea
29. Dog-toothed Cat Snake, Boiga cynodon
30. Jasper’s Cat Snake, Boiga jaspidea
31. Mangrove Cat Snake, Boiga melanota
32. White-spotted Cat Snake, Boiga drapiezii
33. Many-spotted Cat Snake, Boiga multomaculata
34. Black-headed Cat Snake, Boiga nigriceps
35. Thai Cat Snake, Boiga siamensis
36. Yellow-striped Rat Snake, Coelognathus flavolineatus
37. Radiated Rat Snake, Coelognathus radiatus
38. Cave Racer, Elaphe taeniura (subspecies: ridley and helfenbergeri)
39. Indochinese Ground Snake, Gongylosoma scriptum
40. Red-tailed Racer, Gonyosoma oxycephalum
41. Blue-eyed Green Trinket Snake, Gonyosoma coeruleum
42. Slender Wolf Snake, Lycodon albofuscus
43. Butler’s Wolf Snake, Lycodon butleri
44. Common Wolf Snake, Lycodon capucinus
45. Blanford’s Bridle Snake, Lycodon davisonii
46. Brown Wolf Snake, Lycodon effraensis
47. Banded Wolf Snake, Lycodon fasciatus
48. Gibson’s Wolf Snake, Lycodon gibsonae
49. Laotian Wolf Snake, Lycodon laoensis
50. Snake-eater Wolf Snake, Lycodon ophiophagus
51. Northern Large-toothed Snake, Lycodon septentrionalis
52. Malayan Bridle Snake, Lycodon subannulatus
53. White-banded Wolf Snake, Lycodon subcinctus
54. Barron’s Kukri Snake, Oligodon barroni
55. Grey Kukri Snake, Oligodon cinereus
56. Cantor’s Kukri Snake, Oligodon cyclurus
57. Small-banded Kukri Snake, Oligodon fasciolatus
58. Hua Hin Kukri Snake, Oligodon huahin
59. Mouhot’s Kukri Snake, Oligodon mouhoti
60. Surat Thani Kukri Snake, Oligodon promsombuti
61. Purple Kukri Snake, Oligodon purpurascens
62. Saiyok Kukri Snake, Oligodon saiyok
63. Barred Kukri Snake, Oligodon signatus
64. Striped Kukri Snake, Oligodon taeniatus
65. Red Bamboo Racer, Oreocryptophis porphyraceus
66. Keeled Rat Snake, Ptyas carinata
67. White-bellied Rat Snake, Ptyas fusca
68. Indian Rat Snake, Ptyas mucosa
69. Indochinese Rat Snake, Ptyas korros
70. Buff-striped Keelback, Amphiesma stolatum
71. Yellow-spotted Keelback, Fowlea flavipunctatus
72. Checkered Keelback, Fowlea piscator
73. White-spotted Keelback, Fowlea punctulatus
74. Boulenger’s Keelback, Hebius boulengeri
75. Groundwater’s Keelback, Hebius groundwateri
76. Fire-back Keelback, Hebius igneus
77. Karenland Keelback, Hebius terrakarenorum
78. Khasi Hills Keelback, Hebius khasiensis
79. Red Mountain Keelback, Hebius sanguineum
80. Speckle-bellied Keelback, Rhabdophis chrysargos
81. Black-banded Keelback, Rhabdophis nigrocinctus
82. Siamese Red-necked Keelback, Rhabdophis siamensis
83. Triangled Keelback, Xenochrophis trianguligerus
84. Assamese Mountain Snake, Plagiopholis nuchalis
85. Large-eyed False Cobra, Pseudoxenodon macrops
86. Collared Black-headed Snake, Sibynophis collaris
87. Triangled Black-headed Snake, Sibynophis triangularis

 

Cylindrophiidae – Pipe Snakes

88. Jodi’s Pipe Snake , Cylindrophis jodiae

 

Elapidae – Elapids

89. Malayan Krait, Bungarus candidus
90. Banded Krait, Bungarus fasciatus
91. Red-headed Krait, Bungarus flaviceps
92. Red River Krait, Bungarus slowinskii
93. Wanghaoting’s Krait, Bungarus wanghaotingi
94. Brown Banded Cobra, Naja fuxi
95. Monocled Cobra, Naja kaouthia
96. Indochinese Spitting Cobra, Naja siamensis
97. Equatorial Spitting Cobra (golden morph), Naja sumatrana
98. King Cobra, Ophiophagus hannah
99. Malayan Blue Coral Snake, Calliophis bivirgatus
100. Malayan Banded Coral Snake, Calliophis intestinalis
101. Small-spotted Coral Snake, Calliophis maculiceps
102. MacClelland’s Coral Snake, Sinomicrurus macclellandi

 

Homalopsidae – Indo-Australian Water Snakes

103. Cantor’s Mud Snake, Cantoria violacea
104. South Asian Bockadam, Cerberus rynchops
105. Schneider’s Bockadam, Cerberus schneiderii
106. Chanard’s Mud Snake, Enhydris chanardi
107. Rainbow Mud Snake, Enhydris enhydris
108. Tentacled Snake, Erpeton tentaculatum
109. Crab-eating Mud Snake, Fordonia leucobalia
110. Gerard’s Mud Snake, Gerarda prevostiana
111. Jack’s Water Snake, Homalopsis mereljcoxi
112. Martaban Water Snake, Homalopsis semizonata
113. Murphy’s Water Snake, Hypsiscopus murphyi
114. Grey Water Snake, Hypsiscopus plumbea
115. Bocourt’s Water Snake, Subsessor bocourti

 

Pareidae – Slug Snakes

116. Blunt-headed Slug Snake, Aplopeltura boa
117. Smooth Slug Snake, Asthenodipsas laevis
118. Malayan Slug Snake, Asthenodipsas malaccanus
119. Keeled Slug-eating Snake, Pareas carinatus
120. Twin Slug-eating Snake, Pareas geminatus
121. White-spotted Slug-eating Snake, Pareas margaritophorus
122. Spotted Slug-eating Snake, Pareas macularius

 

Psammophiidae – Sand Snakes

123. Indochinese Sand Snake, Psammophis indochinensis

 

Pseudaspididae

124. Mock Viper, Psammodynastes pulverulentus

 

Pythonidae – Pythons

125. Reticulated Python, Malayopython reticulatus
126. Burmese Python, Python bivittatus
127. Brongersma’s Blood Python, Python brongersmai

 

Viperidae – Vipers & Pit Vipers

128. Malayan Pit Viper, Calloselasma rhodostoma
129. Himalayan Mountain Pit Viper, Ovophis monticola
130. Omkoi Lance-headed Pit Viper, Protobothrops kelomohy
131. White-lipped Pit Viper, Trimeresurus albolabris
132. Gumprecht’s Pit Viper, Trimeresurus gumprechti
133. Guo’s Pit Viper, Trimeresurus guoi
134. Hagen’s Pit Viper, Trimeresurus hageni
135. Kanburi Pit Viper, Trimeresurus kanburiensis
136. Kui Buri Pit Viper, Trimeresurus kuiburi
137. Large-eyed Pit Viper, Trimeresurus macrops
138. Phuket Pit Viper, Trimeresurus phuketensis
139. Pope’s Pit Viper, Trimeresurus popeiorum
140. Mangrove Pit Viper, Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus
141. Siamese Peninsula Pit Viper, Trimeresurus sabahi fucatus
142. Sumatran Pit Viper, Trimeresurus sumatranus
143. Beautiful Pit Viper, Trimeresurus venustus
144. Vogel’s Pit Viper, Trimeresurus vogeli
145. Wirot’s Pit Viper, Trimeresurus wiroti
146. Wagler’s Pit Viper, Tropidolaemus wagleri
147. Siamese Russell’s Viper, Daboia siamensis

 

Xenodermatidae – Strange-skinned Snakes

148. Laotian Bearded Snake, Parafimbrios laos

 

Xenopeltidae – Sunbeam Snakes

149. Sunbeam Snake, Xenopeltis unicolor

 

 

 

 

Birds of Thailand

Hornbills

1. Austen’s Brown Hornbill, Anorrhinus austeni
2. Tickell’s Brown Hornbill, Anorrhinus tickelli
3. Oriental Pied Hornbill, Anthracoceros albirostris
4. White-crowned Hornbill, Berenicornis comatus
5. Great Hornbill, Buceros bicornis
6. Rhinoceros Hornbill, Buceros rhinoceros
7. Wrinkled Hornbill, Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
8. Helmeted Hornbill, Rhinoplax vigil
9. Wreathed Hornbill, Rhyticeros undulatus
10. To be continued!