List of invasive species in Florida
Invasive species in Florida are introduced species of fauna−animals and flora−plants that are established and have naturalized within Florida.[1]
Native plants and animals can become threatened endangered species from the spread of invasive species in natural habitats and/or developed areas (e.g. agriculture, transport, settlement).
Animals
Some of the invasive animal species include:
Mammals
Birds
- House finch
- Indian peafowl
- Monk parakeet
- Nanday parakeet
- Tui parakeet
- Blue-and-yellow macaw
- Golden-collared macaw
- Scarlet macaw
- Military macaw
- Red-shouldered macaw
- Chestnut-fronted macaw
- Hyacinth macaw
- Rock dove
- Inca dove
- White-winged dove
- Ring-necked dove
- Feral pigeon
- Eurasian collared dove
- Feral chicken
Reptiles
- Red-eared slider
- Olive ridley sea turtle
- Spectacled caiman
- Brown anole
- Black spiny-tailed iguana
- Common house gecko
- Green iguana
- Nile monitor
- Burmese python
- African rock python
- Reticulated python
- Common boa
- Green anaconda
- Yellow anaconda
- Eastern green mamba
- Western green mamba
- Egyptian cobra
- King cobra
- Argentine black and white tegu
- brahminy blind snake
- Guatemalan beaded lizard
- Veiled chameleon
- Panther chameleon
- Jackson's chameleon
- Oustalet's chameleon
- Senegal chameleon
- Meller's chameleon
- White-lined chameleon
- Nile crocodile
Fish
- Clarias batrachus (walking catfish)
- Mayaheros urophthalmus (Mayan cichlid)
- Oreochromis aureus (blue tilapia)
- Cichla (peacock bass)
- Channa marulius (bullseye snakehead)
- Cichlasoma bimaculatum (black acara)
- Monopterus albus (Asian swamp eel)
- Chitala ornata (clown knifefish)
- Astronotus ocellatus (oscar fish)
- Cichlasoma managuense (jaguar guapote)
- Cyprinus carpio (common carp)
- Ctenopharyngodon (grass carp)
- Pelmatolapia mariae (spotted tilapia)
- Hoplosternum littorale (brown hoplo)
- Heterotilapia buttikoferi (zebra tilapia)
- Cromileptes altivelis (humpback grouper)
- Amphilophus citrinellus (Midas cichlid)
- Parachromis dovii (wolf cichlid)
- Leporinus fasciatus (Banded leporinus)
- Heros severus (Banded cichlid)
marine invasives
- Pterios volitans (lion fish)
Amphibians
Invertebrates
- Corbicula fluminea' (Asian clam)
- Metamasius callizona (Mexican bromeliad weevil)
- Paratachardina pseudolobata (lobate lac scale)
- Euglossa dilemma (green orchid bee)
- Pomacea maculata (island applesnail)
- Lissachatina fulica (African giant land snail)
- Platydemus manokwari (New Guinea flatworm)
See also
References
- ↑ "Florida's Exotic Fish and Wildlife". Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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