There are twenty-one species currently classified under Ancyronyx. Eleven of these are endemic to the Philippines, which may indicate that the country is a center of diversity for the genus. Most of the species have highly restricted distributions, often being found in only one island.
*Ancyronyx acaroides  – Southeast Asia
**Ancyronyx acaroides acaroides  – Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia (peninsular Malaysia, Borneo), Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java)
**Ancyronyx acaroides cursor  – Indonesia (Bali)
*Ancyronyx buhid  – Philippines (Mindoro)
*Ancyronyx helgeschneideri  – Philippines (Palawan, Busuanga)
*Ancyronyx hjarnei  – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
*Ancyronyx jaechi  – Sri Lanka
*Ancyronyx johanni  – Indonesia (Siberut)
*Ancyronyx malickyi  – Laos, southern Thailand, Malaysia (peninsular Malaysia, Borneo), Indonesia (Sumatra)
*Ancyronyx minerva  – Philippines (Palawan, Busuanga, Mindoro)
*Ancyronyx minutulus  – Philippines (Palawan)
*Ancyronyx montanus  – Philippines (Palawan)
*Ancyronyx patrolus  – Philippines (Palawan, Busuanga)
*Ancyronyx procerus  – Vietnam, Malaysia (Borneo), Brunei, Philippines (Busuanga)
*Ancyronyx pseudopatrolus  – Philippines (Palawan)
*Ancyronyx punkti  – Philippines (Palawan)
*Ancyronyx raffaelacatharina  – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
*Ancyronyx sarawacensis  – Malaysia (Borneo)
*Ancyronyx schillhammeri  – Philippines (Mindoro)
*Ancyronyx sophiemarie  – Philippines (Sibuyan)
*Ancyronyx tamaraw  – Philippines (Mindoro)
*Ancyronyx variegatus  – United States of America
*Ancyronyx yunju  – China (Jiangxi)