Reference Document - Flora and Fauna Assessment - 132005.638.04

                                                                                                                                                                                                     Native Foresters



                                                                                                                                                                                     LIKELIHOOD            PRESENCE OF
                      SCIENTIFIC NAME              COMMON                                EPBC
                                                                          NC ACT                     ECOLOGY & BREEDING HABITAT                                                          OF                 BREEDING
                                                   NAME                                   ACT
                                                                                                                                                                                     OCCURENCE               PLACES
                                                                                                     Habitat specialist – requires suitable wallum swamp and
                                                   Wallum
                      Litoria olongburensis                                   V             -        ephemeral wetland areas with emergent aquatic vegetation                            Unlikely                Absent
                                                   sedgefrog
                                                                                                     (DAWE, 2023, and references therein).
                      MAMMALS
                                                                                                     This species range includes the eastern half of Queensland in
                                                                                                     sclerophyll forest and woodland. While being widespread,
                                                   Koala
                                                                                                     suitable feed species and leaf moisture are the primary
                                                   (combined
                      Phascolarctos                                                                  determinants of habitat suitability and populations are in decline
                                                   populations of             E            E                                                                                              Known                 Present
                      cinereus                                                                       due to a wide range of threats (DAWE, 2023, and references
                                                   QLD, NSW and
                                                                                                     therein). They generally have a single joey which stays in the
                                                   the ACT)
                                                                                                     mothers’ pouch for six months, and then spends the next six to
                                                                                                     12 months riding on the mothers back.
                                                                                                     Species is largely restricted to eucalypt forests and woodlands,
                                                                                                     found in highest abundance in taller, montane, moist eucalypt
                      Petauroides                  Central greater                                   forests with relatively old trees and suitable hollows. In southern
                                                                              E            E                                                                                             Possible               Unlikely
                      armillatus                   glider                                            QLD, greater gliders require at least 2−4 live den trees for every
                                                                                                     2ha of e forest habitat. Females give birth to a single young from
                                                                                                     March to June (DAWE, 2023, and references therein).
                      Pteropus                     Grey headed                                       Inhabits rainforest, Melaleuca and mangrove woodlands,
                                                                              V            V                                                                                             Possible                Absent
                      poliocephalus                flying fox                                        swamps and disturbed areas.
                                                                                                     Inhabits coastal wallum swamps in areas with sedges and open
                      Tenuibranchiurus                                        E            E
                                                   Swamp crayfish                                    water. Nocturnal surface activity associated with rain events and                   Unlikely                Absent
                      glypticus
                                                                                                     ephemeral ponding,
                      SPECIAL LEAST CONCERN FAUNA
                                                                                                     Generalist widespread species that inhabits woodland and open
                                                                                                     forest. Feeds on termites. Often found among rocks, in hollow
                      Tachyglossus                 Short-beaked
                                                                            SLC             -        logs, under vegetation or piles of debris, under tree roots or                       Likely                 Absent
                      aculeatus                    echidna
                                                                                                     sometimes in wombat or rabbit burrows. May leave young in
                                                                                                     nursery burrows whilst foraging.
                    NC Act- Indicates Queensland conservation status of each taxon under the Nature Conservation Act 1992. NC Act codes are: Extinct (EX), Extinct in the Wild (PE), Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered
                    (E), Vulnerable (V), Near Threatened (NT), Special Least Concern (SL) and Least Concern (C).
                    EPBC Act- Indicates the Australian conservation status of each taxon under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
                    EPBC Act codes are as follows: Extinct (EX), Extinct in the Wild (XW), Critically Endangered (CE), Endangered (E), Vulnerable (V) and Conservation Dependent (CD). Migratory (MI), Marine (M)



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