Table 3 South African native vertebrate species that have formed native-alien populations in South Africa, with selected information taken from the inventory “List of native-alien populations in South Africa”.
From: An inventory of native-alien populations in South Africa
scientificName | family | pathway | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
Acinonyx jubatus (Von Schreber, 1775) | Felidae | Release | |
Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein, 1812) | Bovidae | Release | |
Agapornis roseicollis (Vieillot, 1818) | Psittacidae | Escape | |
Bradypodion ventrale (Gray, 1845) | Chamaeleonidae | Release | |
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell, 1817) | Rhinocerotidae | Release | |
Chetia brevis Jubb, 1968 | Cichlidae | Release | |
Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) | Clariidae | Release| Escape| Corridor | |
Connochaetes gnou (Zimmermann, 1780) | Bovidae | Release | |
Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell, 1823) | Bovidae | Release | |
Coptodon sparrmanii Smith, 1840 | Cichlidae | Release | |
Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi Harper, 1939 | Bovidae | Release | |
Damaliscus pygargus pygargus Pallas, 1767 | Bovidae | Release | |
Enteromius anoplus Weber, 1897 | Cyprinidae | Escape | |
Enteromius treurensis (Groenewald, 1958) | Cyprinidae | Release | |
Equus quagga Boddaert, 1785 | Equidae | Release | |
Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | Giraffidae | Release | |
Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau De Jonnès, 1818) | Gekkonidae | Stowaway | |
Hippotragus niger (Harris, 1838) | Bovidae | Release | |
Hyperolius marmoratus Rapp, 1842 | Hyperoliidae | Contaminant | |
Kneria auriculata (Pellegrin, 1905) | Kneriidae | Release | |
Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby, 1833) | Bovidae | Release | |
Labeo capensis (Smith, 1841) | Cyprinidae | Release| Corridor | |
Labeo umbratus (Smith, 1841) | Cyprinidae | Release | |
Labeobarbus aeneus (Burchell, 1822) | Cyprinidae | Release| Corridor | |
Labeobarbus capensis (Smith, 1841) | Cyprinidae | Corridor | |
Lonchura fringilloides (Lafresnaye, 1835) | Estrildidae | Escape | I. Little 2020: Pers.comm |
Lygodactylus capensis (Smith, 1849) | Chamaeleonidae | Stowaway | |
Nothobranchius rachovii Ahl, 1926 | Nothobranchiidae | Release | |
Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) | Numididae | Release | |
Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852) | Cichlidae | Escape | |
Redunca fulvorufula (Afzelius, 1815) | Bovidae | Release | |
Sclerophrys gutturalis (Power, 1927) | Bufonidae | Contaminant | |
Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897) | Cichlidae | Release | |
Tragelaphus angasii Angas, 1849 | Bovidae | Release |