Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 64(1): 131-186, doi: 10.3897/travaux.64.e67558
Alien fish, amphibian and reptile species in Romania and their invasive status: a review with new data
Alexandru Iftime‡, Oana Iftime§‡ “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History, Bucharest, Romania§ Unaffiliated, Bucharest, Romania
Corresponding author: Alexandru Iftime ( aiftime@antipa.ro ) Academic editor: Ionuț Ștefan Iorgu © Alexandru Iftime, Oana Iftime. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Iftime A, Iftime O (2021) Alien fish, amphibian and reptile species in Romania and their invasive status: a review with new data. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 64(1): 131-186. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.64.e67558 |  |
Abstract
The paper presents a review of literature data, supplemented with original observations, on the presence, establishment, distribution and invasive status of alien fish, amphibian and reptile species in Romania. Consistent criteria were followed in defining alien species records, establishment and invasive status. From the 48 alien fish species, 1 fish hybrid, 1 amphibian and 18 reptile species recorded, only 16 fishes and 3 reptiles can be regarded as established. Of these we consider the criteria for invasive status as being probably fulfilled by one fish species (Perccottus glenii), and less likely by six more fish species. The presence and the alien status of the one amphibian are debatable. No reptile species can be considered invasive at present.
Keywords
Alien species, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, presence, establishment, invasive status