List of invasive species in Africa

Invasive species found in Africa include:

Plants

 * Acacia species (Australian wattles)
 * Argemone mexicana (Mexican poppy)
 * Caesalpinia decapetala (Mauritius thorn)
 * Cereus jamacaru (Queen of the Night cactus)
 * Chromolaena odorata (Triffid weed)
 * Eichhornia crassipes (Water hyacinth)
 * Eucalyptus spp. (Eucalyptus or gum trees)
 * Hakea spp.
 * Lantana camara
 * Melia azedarach (Persian lilac, chinaberry)
 * Myriophyllum aquaticum (Parrot's feather)
 * Opuntia spp. (Prickly pear)
 * Pereskia aculeata
 * Pinus spp. (Pine)
 * Prosopis spp. (Mesquite)
 * Ricinus communis (Castor oil plant)
 * Rubus spp. (Bramble)
 * Salvinia molesta (Kariba weed, giant salvinia)
 * Solanum mauritianum (Bugweed)

Tunicates

 * Ciona intestinalis (sea vase)

Annelids

 * Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Australian tubeworm)
 * Boccardia proboscidea (shell worm)

Molluscs

 * Aplexa marmorata (marbled tadpole snail)
 * Bradybaena similaris (Asian trampsnail)
 * Cochlicella barbara (potbellied helicellid)
 * Cornu aspersum (garden snail)
 * Deroceras invadens (tramp slug)
 * Deroceras laeve (marsh slug)
 * Euglandina rosea (rosy wolfsnail)
 * Limax flavus (yellow slug)
 * Milax gagates (greenhouse slug)
 * Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel)
 * Pinctada radiata (Gulf pearl oyster)
 * Pseudosuccinea columella (mimic lymnaea)
 * Semimytilus algosus (Pacific mussel)
 * Tarebia granifera (quilted melania)
 * Theba pisana (white garden snail)
 * Zonitoides arboreus (quick gloss)

Crustaceans

 * Carcinus maenas (European shore crab)
 * Cherax quadricarinatus (redclaw crayfish)
 * Limnoria quadripunctata (gribble)
 * Percnon gibbesi (Sally Lightfoot crab)
 * Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish)
 * Procambarus virginalis (Marbled crayfish)

Arachnids

 * Phalangium opilio

Insects

 * Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito)
 * Aleurodicus dispersus (spiralling whitefly)
 * Aleurothrixus floccosus (woolly whitefly)
 * Aleurotrachelus atratus (palm-infesting whitefly)
 * Anopheles stephensi
 * Anoplolepis gracilipes (yellow crazy ant)
 * Aphis spiraecola (green citrus aphid)
 * Aulacaspis yasumatsui (cycad aulacaspis scale)
 * Bactrocera cucurbitae (melon fly)
 * Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly)
 * Bactrocera invadens (Asian fruit fly)
 * Bactrocera zonata (peach fruit fly)
 * Bemisia tabaci (silverleaf whitefly)
 * Cactoblastis cactorum (cactus moth)
 * Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly)
 * Ceratitis rosa (Natal fruit fly)
 * Chionaspis pinifoliae (pine needle scale insect)
 * Cinara cupressi (cypress aphid)
 * Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite)
 * Cosmopolites sordidus (banana root borer)
 * Cryptotermes brevis (West Indian drywood termite)
 * Ctenarytaina eucalypti (blue gum psyllid)
 * Diuraphis noxia (Russian wheat aphid)
 * Eulachnus rileyi (pine needle aphid)
 * Euwallacea fornicatus (tea shot hole borer)
 * Frankliniella occidentalis  (western flower thrips)
 * Harmonia axyridis (Asian lady beetle)
 * Hylastes ater (black pine bark beetle)
 * Hylurgus ligniperda (red-haired pine bark beetle)
 * Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale)
 * Linepithema humile (Argentine ant)
 * Liriomyza trifolii (American serpentine leafminer)
 * Maconellicoccus hirsutus (hibiscus mealybug)
 * Orthotomicus erosus (Mediterranean pine engraver)
 * Phenacoccus manihoti (cassava mealybug)
 * Phenacoccus solenopsis (cotton mealybug)
 * Pineus pini (pine woolly aphid)
 * Polistes dominula (European paper wasp
 * Prostephanus truncatus (larger grain borer)
 * Pseudococcus calceolariae (Citrophilus mealybug)
 * Sirex noctilio (Sirex woodwasp)
 * Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm)
 * Technomyrmex albipes (white-footed ant)
 * Thaumastocoris peregrinus (bronze bug)
 * Trialeurodes ricini (castor bean whitefly)
 * Trichomyrmex destructor (destructive trailing ant)
 * Vespula germanica (European wasp)
 * Wasmannia auropunctata (electric ant)
 * Xyleborinus saxesenii (fruit-tree pinhole borer)
 * Xyleborus perforans (island pinhole borer)
 * Xylosandrus compactus (black twig borer)

Fish

 * Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp)
 * Cyprinus carpio (common carp)
 * Gambusia affinis (western mosquitofish)
 * Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish)
 * Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (silver carp)
 * Lates niloticus (Nile perch)
 * Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill)
 * Micropterus dolomieu (smallmouth bass)
 * Micropterus floridanus (Florida bass)
 * Micropterus punctulatus (spotted bass)
 * Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass)
 * Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia)
 * Perca fluviatilis (European perch)
 * Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (vermiculated sailfin catfish)
 * Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)
 * Tinca tinca (tench)

Amphibians

 * Amietophrynus gutturalis (guttural toad)

Reptiles

 * Emys orbicularis (European pond turtle)
 * Gehyra mutilata (stump-tailed gecko)
 * Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko)
 * Lepidodactylus lugubris (mourning gecko)
 * Tarentola mauritanica (Moorish wall gecko)
 * Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans (red-eared slider)

Birds

 * Acridotheres tristis (common myna)
 * Anas platyrhynchos (mallard)
 * Columba livia (rock dove)
 * Corvus splendens (house crow)
 * Fringilla coelebs (common chaffinch)
 * Passer domesticus (house sparrow)
 * Psittacula krameri (rose-ringed parakeet)
 * Quelea quelea (red-billed quelea)
 * Sturnus vulgaris (common starling)
 * Tyto alba (western barn owl)

Mammals

 * Ammotragus lervia (Barbary sheep)
 * Canis lupus (feral dog)
 * Capra aegagrus (wild goat)
 * Dama dama (fallow deer)
 * Equus africanus (feral donkey)
 * Felis silvestris (feral cat)
 * Funambulus palmarum (three-striped palm squirrel)
 * Hemitragus jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr)
 * Herpestes javanicus (small Asian mongoose)
 * Macaca fascicularis (crab-eating macaque)
 * Mus musculus (house mouse)
 * Myocastor coypus (coypu)
 * Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit)
 * Ovis orientalis (mouflon)
 * Rattus norvegicus (brown rat)
 * Rattus rattus (black rat)
 * Suncus murinus (Asian house shrew)
 * Sus scrofa (wild boar)