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Ravenspirit
at Thu Mar 25 09:44:33 2010 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Ravenspirit ]
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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