Appendix E - Ecological Assessment Report

Ecological Assessment Report v1                                                                 NCES Ref: J000669
Lot 2 on RP131369 – 108 Black Mountain Range Road, Black Mountain



4.4.2    Habitat for Previously Recorded Conservation Significant Fauna
Table 1 identifies the conservation significant fauna species which have been previously recorded
within a 2km radius of the site on Wildlife Online.
Table 1 – Habitat value for previously recorded conservation significant fauna species

 Previously Recorded               Preferred Habitat                      Habitat Value within the Site
 Fauna Species

 Calyptorhynchus lathami           This species prefers woodland          No Allocasuarina food trees or large
 lathami (glossy black-            areas dominated by Allocasuarina,      arboreal hollows were observed
 cockatoo (eastern)) – listed      or open sclerophyll forests and        within the site.
 as ‘vulnerable’ under the         woodlands with a stratum of
 NC Act                            Allocasuarina beneath Eucalyptus,
                                   Corymbia or Angophora (Glossy
                                   Black Conservancy 2010).

 Adelotus brevis (tusked           Inhabits wet eucalypt forest,          Potential to occur within the dams and
 frog) – listed as ‘vulnerable’    rainforest, and sometimes dry          drainage lines although no individuals
 under the NC Act                  eucalypt forest, where it can be       were heard calling during the site
                                   found in close proximity to suitable   investigations.
                                   breeding habitat such as ponds and
                                   slow-moving sections of streams).
                                   Also recorded from dams and
                                   garden ponds in urban and peri-
                                   urban       areas      (Queensland
                                   Government 2019).

 Phascolarctos cinereus            Forest and woodlands with         a    No koala food trees were observed
 (koala) – listed as               dominance of koala food trees.         within the site.
 ‘vulnerable’ under the NC
 Act and the EPBC Act

The field investigations did not incidentally identify the presence of any conservation significant fauna
species previously recorded on Wildlife Online and identified in Table 1.




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