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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