Fauna Management Plan - 30 Pottery St, Pomona (2)

2.2      HABITAT FOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANT FAUNA SPECIES
The remnant vegetation within the site is mapped as containing essential habitat for the following
conservation significant fauna species:
    Calyptorhynchus lathami (glossy black cockatoo)
    Phascolarctos cinereus (koala)
    Litoria pearsoniana (cascade tree frog)
    Mixophyes iteratus (giant barred frog)
    Adelotus brevis (tusked frog)
    Petauroides armillatus (greater glider)

No waterbodies or drainage lines occur within the site which would provide breeding habitat for
amphibian species. Therefore, it is highly unlikely that any of the frog species listed above would occur
within the site. As part of the ecology studies undertaken for the development application, a koala survey
using koala detection dogs was undertaken by OWAD Environment. The survey did not record the recent
presence of koalas within the site (within a six-month period prior) at the time of the survey (2019).

The Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation maintain the Wildnet database which
contains flora and fauna records provided by government agencies, researchers, business, natural
resource management bodies and citizen science programs. A search of the Wildnet database was
undertaken using a 2km search radius around a centre point within the site. The database returned results
for eight conservation significant fauna species which have been recorded within 2km of the site.
No conservation significant fauna species were incidentally within the site during the extensive ecological
investigations undertaken as part of the development application. Table 1 provides an assessment of the
habitat values present for the conservation significant fauna species recorded from the Wildnet database
search.
Table 1 – Habitat value for previously recorded conservation significant fauna species
 Fauna Species                     Habitat Requirements                        Habitat Present in Clearing Area

 Adelotus brevis (tusked frog)     Inhabits wet eucalypt forest,               No waterbodies are located in
 - vulnerable (NC Act)             rainforest, and sometimes dry               proximity to the clearing area. The
                                   eucalypt forest, where it can be found      species is not considered likely to be
                                   in close proximity to suitable breeding     present within the site.
                                   habitat such as ponds and slow-
                                   moving sections of streams. Also
                                   recorded from dams and garden
                                   ponds in urban and peri-urban areas
                                   (Rowland, 2013).

 Anthochaera phrygia (regent       Mostly inhabits inland slopes of the        Whilst potentially suitable habitat is
 honeyeater) – critically          Great Dividing Range, in areas of low       present within the clearing area, it is
 endangered (NC Act & EPBC         to moderate relief with moist, fertile      considered highly likely that the species
 Act)                              soils. It is most commonly associated       would utilise the site.
                                   with box-ironbark eucalypt woodland
                                   and dry sclerophyll forest but also
                                   inhabits riparian vegetation such as
                                   she-oak (Casuarina spp.) where it
                                   feeds on needle-leaved mistletoe and

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