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P. manokwari, invasive in Florida, USA. Platydemus manokwari, also known as the New Guinea flatworm, is a species of large predatory land flatworm.. Native to New Guinea, it has been accidentally introduced to the soil of many countries, including the United States. [3]
The brown tree snake is native to coastal Australia, Papua New Guinea, and many islands in northwestern Melanesia.The species occurs on variably sized islands, extending from Sulawesi in eastern Indonesia through Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands and into the wettest coastal areas of Northern Australia. [6]
The flora of New Guinea is unique because it has two sources of origin; the Gondwana flora from the south and flora with Asian origin from the west. [3] As a result, New Guinea shares major families and genera with Australia and East Asia, but is rich in local endemic species.
The freshwater crustacean is indigenous to the rivers of northern Australia and parts of Papua New Guinea. Sightings of the species in the Rio Grande Valley have sparked fear among some Texas ...
Platydemus manokwari, also known as the New Guinea flatworm, is a large predatory land flatworm that has become an invasive species in many countries. [1] [2] Platydemus manokwari, invasive in Florida, US. Native to New Guinea, it was accidentally introduced to the soil of many countries.
As Papua New Guinea drifted north, it collided with the Pacific Plate as well as a number of oceanic islands. Although no land connection with Asia was ever formed (see Wallace line), the proximity between the land masses, via the many small islands of the Indonesian archipelago, allowed some Asian species to migrate to Papua New Guinea. This ...
It includes the introduced invasive plant and animal species naturalized within the nations of Australia and New Zealand; the international island of New Guinea, within the nation of Papua New Guinea and in Western New Guinea province of Indonesia; and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Fauna of Papua New Guinea (7 C, 10 P) ... Platydemus manokwari as an invasive species This page was last edited on 27 November 2021, at 16:47 (UTC). ...