List of invasive species in Colombia explained

Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia, the governmental organization that oversees and manages national parks in Colombia, has provided an official list of species that are considered to be invasive under the following resolutions:^{[1] [2]}

• Resolution 848 of 2008^[3]
• Resolution 132 of 2010^[4]
• Resolution 207 of 2010^[5]
• Resolution 654 of 2011^[6]
• Resolution 346 of 2022^[7]

There are also additional species listed below from more recent sources.

Species

Species officially declared as invasive are shown in bold.

Invertebrates

• Aedes albopictus (tiger mosquito)^[8]
• Anastrepha fraterculus (South American fruit fly)^[9]
• Aphis spiraecola (green citrus aphid) ^[10]
• Callinectes exasperatus (rugose swimming crab)
• Cerataphis lataniae (palm aphid)^[11]
• Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly)^[12]
• Charybdis hellerii (blue jaiba crab)
• Cinara cupressi (cypress aphid)^[13]
• Corbicula fluminea (Asian basket clam)^[14]
• Cornu aspersum (garden snail)
• Cryptotermes brevis (West Indian drywood termite)^[15]
• Ctenarytaina eucalypti (blue gum psyllid)^[16]
• Deroceras invadens (tramp slug)^[17]
• Deroceras laeve (marsh slug)^[18]
• Electroma sp., a genus of Vulsellidae
• Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale)^[19]
• Linepithema humile (Argentine ant)^[20]
• Lissachatina fulica (giant African snail)
• Maconellicoccus hirsutus (hibiscus mealybug)^[21]
• Melanoides tuberculata (red-rimmed melania)^[22]
• Monomorium pharaonis (pharaoh ant)^[23]
• Paratrechina fulva (crazy ant)^[24]
• Penaeus monodon (Asian tiger shrimp)
• Pheidole megacephala (big-headed ant)
• Phenacoccus solenopsis (cotton mealybug)^[25]
• Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crayfish)^[26]
• Raoiella indica (red palm mite)^[27]
• Tetranychus urticae (mite)^{[28] [29]}

Fish

• Cyprinus carpio (common carp) ^[30]
• Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass)
• Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout)
• Oreochromis mossambicus (black tilapia)
• Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia)^[31]
• Pterois volitans (red lionfish)^[32]
• Salmo trutta (brown trout)
• Trichogaster pectoralis (snakeskin gourami)

Amphibians

• Eleutherodactylus coqui (common coquí)
• Eleutherodactylus johnstonei (Johnstone's whistling frog)^[33]
• Lithobates catesbeianus (American bullfrog)

Mammals

• Canis familiaris (domestic dog)^[34]
• Felis catus (cats)^[35]
• Hippopotamus amphibius (hippopotamus; see hippopotamus in Colombia)^[7]
• Rattus norvegicus (brown rat)
• Rattus rattus (black rat)

Birds

• Columba livia (rock dove)^[36]
• Lonchura malacca (tricoloured munia)^[36]
• Passer domesticus (house sparrow)^[36]

Flora

• Eichornia crassipes (common water hyacinth)
• Kappaphycus alvarezii (elkhorn sea moss)
• Melinis minutiflora (molasses grass)
• Teline monspessulana (French broom)
• Ulex europaeus (common gorse)

See also

• Fauna of Colombia
• Flora of Colombia
• Hippopotamus in Colombia

External links

• Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Colombia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Colombia . Parques Nacionales Naturales de . Listado oficial de especies invasoras para Colombia . https://web.archive.org/web/20220320141044/https://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/portal/es/especies-exoticas-con-potencial-invasor/listado-oficial-de-especies-invasoras-para-colombia/ . 20 March 2022 . 25 August 2022 . Parques Nacionales Naturales De Colombia . es.
2. Web site: Listado oficial de especies invasoras para Colombia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140519055422/http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/php/decide.php?patron=01.4402 . 2014-05-19 . 2014-05-19 . Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia . es.
3. Web site: 23 May 2008 . RESOLUCIÓN NÚMERO (0848) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130124222034/http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/pdf/res_0848.pdf . 2013-01-24 . 2014-05-19 . MINISTERIO DE AMBIENTE, VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO TERRITORIAL.
4. Web site: 4 August 2010 . RESOLUCIÓN NÚMERO (0132) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130124221956/http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/pdf/Resolucin0132de04deagostode2010pezleon.pdf . 2013-01-24 . 2014-05-19 . MINISTERIO DE AMBIENTE, VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO TERRITORIAL UNIDAD ADMINISTRATIVA ESPECIAL DEL SISTEMA DE PARQUES NATURALES NACIONALES . es.
5. Web site: 3 February 2010 . RESOLUCIÓN NÚMERO (0207) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130124222021/http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/pdf/Resolucion0207de2010pezleonycamarontigreojumbo.pdf . 2013-01-24 . 2014-05-19 . es.
6. Web site: 7 April 2011 . RESOLUCIÓN NÚMERO (654) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130124222011/http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/pdf/res_0654_070411caracolgigante.pdf . 2013-01-24 . 2014-05-19 . es.
7. Web site: 24 March 2022. RESOLUCIÓN No. 0346. 2022-12-01 . es.
8. Web site: 25 November 2019 . Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220814235924/http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/94897 . 2022-08-14 . 2022-08-25 . CABI Invasive Species Compendium . en.
9. Anastrepha fraterculus (South American fruit fly). 2022-01-12 . CABI Compendium. 2022 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.5648 . Norrbom . A. . free .
10. Web site: 16 November 2021. Aphis spiraecola (Spirea aphid) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211005102209/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/6221 . 2021-10-05 . 2022-08-25 . CABI Invasive Species Compendium . en.
11. Web site: 22 November 2019 . Cerataphis lataniae (palm aphid) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211012014952/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/16743 . 2021-10-12 . 2022-08-25 . CABI Invasive Species Compendium . en.
12. Web site: 16 November 2019 . Cerataphis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211007045014/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/12367 . 2021-10-07 . 2022-08-25 . CABI Invasive Species Compendium . en.
13. Web site: 20 November 2019 . Cinara cupressi sensu lato (Cypress aphid) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220315152320/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/13579 . 2022-03-15 . 2022-08-25 . CABI Invasive Species Compendium . en.
14. De La Hoz Aristizábal . M. V. . 2008. First record in Colombia for Corbicula fluminea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Corbiculidae), an invasive species. . Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research. 37 . 197–202 . 10.25268/bimc.invemar.2008.37.1.346. free .
15. Web site: 22 November 2019 . Cryptotermes brevis (powderpost termite) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211010003116/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/16441 . 2021-10-10 . 2022-08-25 . CABI Invasive Species Compendium . en.
16. Web site: Ctenarytaina eucalypti (blue gum psyllid) . 2022-08-27 . CABI Invasive Species Compendium . en . 2021-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211116165319/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/16747 . live .
17. Web site: Deroceras invadens (tramp slug) . 2022-08-27 . CABI Invasive Species Compendium . en . 2021-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011202237/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/121099 . live .
18. Web site: Deroceras laeve (meadow slug) . 2022-08-27 . CABI Invasive Species Compendium . en . 2021-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211012021211/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/85751 . live .
19. Web site: Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale) . 2022-08-27 . CABI Invasive Species Compendium . en . 2022-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819070920/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/28432 . live .
20. Web site: Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) . 2022-08-27 . CABI Invasive Species Compendium . en . 2022-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220806015948/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/30839 . live .
21. Web site: Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug) . 2022-08-27 . CABI Invasive Species Compendium . en . 2022-01-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220120051150/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/40171 . live .
22. Web site: Melanoides tuberculata (red-rimmed melania) . 2022-08-27 . CABI Invasive Species Compendium . en . 2022-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220611011541/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/75617 . live .
23. Wetterer. James K . April 2010 . Worldwide spread of the pharaoh ant, Monomorium pharaonis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) . Myrmecological News . 13 . 115–129 . 1 December 2022.
24. Invasive Ant Threat - Paratrechina fulva . Stanley . Margaret . Harris . Richard . Biosecurity New Zealand . 19 . Berry . Jo . https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040258/https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/51025/19_000.pdf . 31 January 2019 . dead.
25. Web site: 12 May 2022 . Phenacoccus solenopsis (cotton mealybug) . live . 27 August 2022 . CABI Invasive Species Compendium . 16 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220616155238/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/109097 .
26. News: Wight . Andrew . 28 September 2022 . Education Is Key To Fighting Colombia's Crayfish Invasion . Forbes . Medellin, Colombia . 1 December 2022.
27. Web site: Raoiella indica (red palm mite) . 2022-08-27 . CABI Invasive Species Compendium . en . 2022-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220807172052/http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/46792 . live .
28. E . Maria Piedad Baptiste . L . Lina Marcela García . Acevedo-Charry . Orlando . Acosta . Andrés . Alarcón . Jairo . Arévalo . Emilio . Avella . Ginna Carolina . Blanco . Argelina . Botero . Jorge E. . Caicedo-Portilla . José Rancés . Martínez . Catalina Camelo . Camelo-Calvo . Maria Paula . Certuche-Cubillos . Katherine . Chasqui . Luis . Cifuentes . Yanira . 30 June 2022 . GRIIS - Colombia . Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species . 10.15468/yznr8v . 27 August 2022 . 21 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220321022816/https://www.gbif.org/dataset/168568e7-eb5f-4ef6-8c59-f73ceaf57e91 . live .
29. Tetranychus urticae (two-spotted spider mite). 2022-01-12 . CABI Compendium. 2022 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.53366 . 253603945 . free .
30. Web site: Introduced Species Fact Sheets - Cyprinus carpio carpio . 2022-08-27 . FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture . Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations . 2022-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220827112537/https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/introsp/708/en . live .
31. Avendaño . Carlos Mario Marín . Ramírez . Néstor Jaime Aguirre . 2017-03-06 . Spatial and temporal variation of fish assemblage associated with aquatic macrophyte patches in the littoral zone of the Ayapel Swamp Complex, Colombia . Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia . en . 29 . 10.1590/S2179-975X6016 . 2179-975X . 2022-08-27 . 2022-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220430213116/https://www.scielo.br/j/alb/a/b3j3BPZyb9W3V63g4D9Mk4c/?lang=en . live . free . 10495/13207 . free .
32. García-Urueña . Rocío . P . Arturo Acero . Coronado-Carrascal . Víctor . 2015-11-13 . Reef fish community in presence of the lionfish (Pterois volitans) in Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean . Revista MVZ Córdoba . es . 20 . supl . 4989–5003 . 10.21897/rmvz.13 . 1909-0544 . 2022-08-27 . 2021-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210919230751/https://revistamvz.unicordoba.edu.co/article/view/13 . live . free .
33. Leonhardt . Franziska . Jimenez-Bolaño . Juan David. Ernst . Raffael . 18 April 2019 . Whistling invaders: Status and distribution of Johnstone's Whistling frog (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei Barbour, 1914), 25 years after its introduction to Colombia . NeoBiota . 45 . 39–54. 10.3897/neobiota.45.33515 . free .
34. News: Jaramillo . Maria Paulina Baena . 3 November 2015 . Return To The Wild: When Abandoned Dogs And Cats Become Predators . WorldCrunch . 1 December 2022.
35. Sedano-Cruz . Raul . September 2022 . Estimated number of birds killed by domestic cats in Colombia. . Avian Conservation and Ecology . 17 . 2 . 10.5751/ACE-02200-170216. free .
36. Murillo-Pacheco. Johanna I. . Bonilla Rojas . Wilian F. . De Las Casas . Juan Carlos. 31 December 2013 . Listado y anotaciones sobre la historia natural de las aves del litoral de San Andrés de Tumaco, Nariño (Colombia).. Biota Colombiana . 14 . 2 . 1 December 2022.