Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment.pdf

                                             Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



     Scientific Name         Common Name                                  Likelihood of Occurring on the Site
                                                  Unlikely. This species inhabits rainforest and occasionally moist eucalypt forest,
                                                  on loamy or sandy soils. This species feeds on earthworms and beetle grubs and
                       Three-toed     snake-tooth is found in leaf litter, often immediately adjacent to fallen tree trunks (Dept.
Saiphos reticulatus
                       skink
                                                  Environment 2012). While some suitable habitat may occur on the site, this
                                                  habitat is isolated and unlikely to sustain populations of this species.
                                                  Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species is restricted to
                                                  rainforests and forests, mostly in areas with 770-1200 mm rainfall per annum.
                                                  They prefer drier low closed forests, particularly semi-evergreen vine thicket,
                                                  low microphyll vine forest, araucarian microphyll vine forest and araucarian
                       Black-breasted     button- notophyll vine forest. This species may also be found in low, dense acacia
Turnix melanogaster
                       quail                      thickets and, in littoral area, in vegetation behind sand dunes. An extensive
                                                  dense leaf-litter layer is required for foraging and possibly also roosting. Fallen
                                                  logs and a dense, heterogeneously distributed shrub layers are also considered
                                                  to be important habitat characteristics for shelter and breeding (Dept.
                                                  Environment 2012).
                                                  Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species inhabits mangrove
Xeromys myoides        Water mouse                communities and associated saltmarsh, sedgelands, clay pans, and heathlands as
                                                  well as adjacent freshwater wetlands (NSW OEH 2014).




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