I'll bite...



FERAL



Mammals -

Capybara (not considered established, but has been reported breeding)

Coyote

Elk

Mexican Red-bellied Squirrel

Nutria

Red Fox

Rhesus Macaque

Sambar Deer

Squirrel Monkey

Vervet Monkey



Birds -

Budgie

Common Myna

Eurasian Collared Dove

European Starling

Hill Myna

House Finch

House Sparrow

Muscovy Duck

Pigeon

Quaker Parrot

Red Whiskered Bulbul

Ringneck Dove

Scarlet Ibis

Spot-breasted Oriole

White Wing Dove



Reptiles -

Ashy Gecko

Boa Constrictor

Burmese Python

Butterfly Lizard

Giant Ameiva

Giant Day Gecko

Green & Brown Basilisk

Green & Spiny Tailed Iguana

House Gecko

Many-lined Grass Skink

Mediterranean Gecko

Moorish Wall Gecko

Nile Monitor

Northern & Red Sided Curlytail Lizard

Ocellated Gecko

Oriental Garden Lizard

Rainbow Lizard

Red Eared Sliders

Red Headed Agama

Spectacled Caimain

Texas Horned Lizard

Tokay Gecko

White-spotted Wall Gecko

Veiled Chameleon



Amphibians -

Cane Toad

Coqui

Cuban Treefrog

Greenhouse Frog



Fish -

Black Acara

Blue Tilapia

Brown Hoplo

Bullseye Snakehead

Butterfly Peacock

Clown Knifefish

Carp

Grass Carp

Jaguar Guapote

Mayan Cichlid

Midas Cichlid

Common Oscar

Tilapia

Suckermouth Catfish

Swamp Eel

Walking Catfish



Some Inverts...(there are so many more of these)

Giant Ramshorn

Spiketop Applesnail

Asian Freshwater Clam



And this is just me listing some stuff that's listed as "established" (reproducing successfully) down there...And I didn't even start listing plants - they can be found here -

http://www.fl-dof.com/forest_management/fh_invasives_index.html

And thats just what they list as invasive. There are thousands of exotic plant species down there.



As for Endemic, if we are looking at Florida as a whole, the list is pretty huge, if we are just concentrating on the Everglades area, and South Florida, and the species who are found there, and no where else...It gets smaller...I can think of -



American Crocodile (not only found here, but this is the only North American population)

Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow

Everglades Ratsnake

Florida Grasshopper Sparrow (though north of the "modern" Glades, really, no wonder its disappearing)

Florida Panther (pretty much all inbred or out-crosses with western or South American animals these days)

Rim Rock Crown Snake

Snail Kite (not only found here, but this is the only North American population)



Thats an interesting point then, if there are really so few endemic land dwelling vertebrate species, (specifically warm blooded Burmese Python snacks) all the "The burms are eating all the endemics" is kind of moot, isn't it? (I am not saying the burms are not consuming native species, but there seems to be a distinct shortage of endemic burm munchables in the everglades) - If I've ignorantly left a bunch out, someone please enlighten me! (I know I skipped fish, inverts, and the large numbers of endemic plant species of the glades)

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