Everglades Invasive Species Distribution Maps


Animals- 92 species

Subject Name Scientific Name
common myna Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766)
African redhead agama Agama agama africana (Hallowell 1844)
Egyptian geese Alopochen aegyptiacus (Linnaeus, 1766)
South American ground lizard Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758)
Midas cichlid Amphilophus citrinellus (Günther, 1864)
Largehead anole Anolis cybotes Cope, 1862
Knight anole Anolis equestris equestris Merrem, 1820
brown anole Anolis sagrei (Cocteau in Duméril and Bibron, 1837)
giant whiptail Aspidoscelis motaguae (Sakett, 1941)
oscar Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz in Spix and Agassiz, 1831)
brown basilisk Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828
pike killifish Belonesox belizanus (Kner, 1860)
Asian cockroach Blattella asahinai Mizukubo
common boa Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
yellow-chevroned parakeet Brotogeris chiriri Vieillot, 1818
cane toad Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
common caiman Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Muscovy duck Cairina moschata (Linnaeus, 1758)
coyote Canis latrans Say, 1823
veiled chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus Duméril and Bibron, 1851
bullseye snakehead Channa marulius (Hamilton, 1822)
clown knifefish Chitala ornata (Gray, 1831)
black acara Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mayan cichlid Cichlasoma urophthalma (Günther, 1862)
walking catfish Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)
rainbow Whiptail Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
rock dove Columba livia J F. Gmelin, 1789
Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (O.F. Müller, 1774)
freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbyi Lankester, 1880
Gambian rat Cricetomys gambianus Waterhouse, 1840
grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844)
Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura pectinata Wiegmann, 1834
black spiny-tailed iguana Ctenosaura similis (Gray, 1831)
Greenhouse frog Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Cope, 1862)
Colombian Rainbow Boa Epicrates cenchria maurus Gray, 1849
green anaconda Eunectes murinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
yellow anaconda Eunectes notaeus Cope, 1862
Tokay Gekko Gekko gecko (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan sand boa Gongylophis colubrinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
common house gecko Hemidactylus frenatus Duméril and Bibron, 1836
Indo-Pacific Gecko Hemidactylus garnotii Duméril and Bibron, 1836
Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818)
Mediterranean gecko Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
brown hoplo Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828)
capybara Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris Linnaeus
green iguana Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Northern Curly-tailed Lizard Leiocephalus carinatus armouri Gray, 1827
Red-sided Curly-tailed Lizard Leiocephalus schreibersii schreibersii (Gravenhorst, 1837)
Butterfly lizard Leiolepis belliana belliana Smith 1935
peacock eel Macrognathus siamensis (Günther, 1861)
giant ramshorn snail Marisa cornuarietis (Linnaeus, 1758)
red-rim melania Melanoides tuberculatus (Muller, 1774)
Pallas's mastiff bat Molossus molossus tropidorhynchus Gray, 1839
Asian swamp eel Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)
Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus (Boddaert, 1783)
nutria Myocastor coypus (Molina)
black-hooded parakeet Nandayus nenday (Vieillot, 1823)
South American coati Nasua nasua (Linnaeus, 1766)
blue tilapia Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)
Cuban treefrog Osteopilus septentrionalis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
house sparrow Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
green mussel Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Giant day gecko Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis Gray 1870
Texas horned lizard Phrynosoma cornutum (Harlan, 1825)
red-bellied pacu Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1817)
island applesnail Pomacea insularum (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
lionfish Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Burmese python Python molurus ssp. bivittatus Kuhl, 1820
ball python Python regius (Shaw, 1802)
Reticulated Python Python reticulatus (Schneider, 1801)
African rock python Python sebae (Gmelin, 1788)
pythons Python spp. Daudin, 1803
brahminy blind snake Ramphotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803)
Ocellated Gecko Sphaerodactylus argus argus Gosse, 1850
Ashy gecko Sphaerodactylus elegans elegans Macleay 1834
Eurasian collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838)
european starling Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
sacred ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus Latham
spotted tilapia Tilapia mariae (Boulenger, 1899)
red-eared slider Trachemys scritpa elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1839)
black and white tegu Tupinambis merianae Linnaeus, 1758
red tegu Tupinambis rufescens (Guenther 1871)
Unidentified Tegu Tupinambis spp. Daudin, 1803
Gold tegu Tupinambis teguixin (Linnaeus, 1758)
black-throated monitor Varanus albigularis ionidesi Laurent, 1964
Savannah monitor Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc, 1792)
Peach-throated Monitor Varanus jobiensis Ahl, 1932
Nile monitor Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus in Hasselquist, 1762)
crocodile monitor Varanus salvadorii (Peters and Doria, 1878)
common water monitor Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768)
white-winged dove Zenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758)




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Last updated on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 03:07 PM

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