210055 - 327 Kinmond Creek Road, COOTHARABA - Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                                                                                    Ecological Assessment Report
                                                                                                                               327 Kinmond Creek Rd, Cootharaba



      Species        Common        NC Act   EPBC Act                            Habitat                                         Likelihood of Occurrence
                      Name         Status    Status
                                                       feed upon carrion, road kills including wild dogs, and
                                                       litter (Strahan, 1998; NPWS, 2000).
                                                       Found in open old growth Eucalypt or Corymbia
                     Southern                                                                                        Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
     Petauroides                                       woodland. Highly reliant on a large number of large
                     Greater         V         V                                                                     this site does not support connectivity needed to
    volans volans                                      hollows in sizeable or highly connected habitat
                      Glider                                                                                         support this species.
                                                       areas.
                        Koala
                     (combined                         Inhabits a range of arid, temperate, sub-tropical and         Possible – the site contains koala food tree
   Phascolarctos
                     populations     V         V       tropical forest and woodland communities                      species with high connectivity to the south and
     cinereus
                    of QLD, NSW                        dominated by species from the Eucalyptus genus.               south-east.
                    and the ACT)
                                                       Common in Tasmania, though rare and patchy on
                                                       the mainland from coastal south west Victoria to
      Potorous                                         south east Queensland. Inhabits sub-tropical and              Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
                    Long-nosed
     tridactylus                     V         V       warm temperate rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest             this site does not support suitable habitat for this
                      Potoroo
     tridactylus                                       and coastal heathy woodland with dense                        species.
                                                       understorey and light, sandy soils (Menkhorst and
                                                       Knight, 2004).
                                                       Occurs in a range of habitats including subtropical
                                                                                                                     Likely – the site may be used for foraging but no
      Pteropus      Grey-headed                        and temperate rainforests, dry and wet sclerophyll
                                     -         V                                                                     colony was detected within or in the vicinity of the
    poliocephalus    Flying-fox                        forests, Banksia woodland, heaths and Melaleuca
                                                                                                                     site.
                                                       swamps

  Insects

                                                       Most specimens have been collected from river
                                                       estuaries or swampy coastal areas at or near sea
      Argynnis                                         level. The Australian fritillary butterfly is restricted to   Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
                     Australian
      hyperbius                      E        CE       open, swampy, coastal areas where the larval food             this site does not support suitable habitat for this
                      Fritillary
     inconstans                                        plant, Viola betonicifolia, grows as a small,                 species.
                                                       insignificant ground herb in association with the
                                                       matrush (Lomandra longifolia) and grasses,




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