Ecological Assessment Report

Ecological Assessment Report v2                                                                      NCES REF: LEA2016-06
Lot 496 on MCH591 - 30 Pottery Street, Pomona



 Threatened Fauna Species

 Species name               EPBC Act            Habitat                                  Likelihood of Occurrence
                            Status                                                       within the Project Area
                                                under lantana thicket (Marchant&         Low potential to occur due
                                                Higgins, 1993).                          to lack of habitat and
                                                                                         previous records.
 Frogs
 Mixophyes iteratus         Endangered          Occurs in uplands and lowlands in        Species or species’ habitat
 giant barred frog                              rainforest and wet sclerophyll           unlikely to occur in the project
                                                forest, including farmland (Ingram       area.
                                                & McDonald 1993). Populations            Previous records within 2 km
                                                have been found in disturbed areas       of site.
                                                with vegetated riparian strips on        Low potential to occur due
                                                cattle farms and in regenerated          to lack of habitat.
                                                logged areas (Hero &Shoon. d.,
                                                cited in Hines et al. 2004). Many
                                                sites where the giant barred frog is
                                                known to occur are the lower
                                                reaches of streams which have
                                                been affected by major
                                                disturbances such as clearing,
                                                timber harvesting and urban
                                                development in their headwaters
                                                (Hines et al. 1999).
 Insects
 Phyllodes imperialis       Endangered          The Pink Underwing Moth is found         Species or species’ habitat
 smithersi                                      below the altitude of 600 m in           unlikely to occur in the project
 Pink      Underwing                            undisturbed, subtropical rainforest.     area.
 Moth                                           It occurs in association with the vine   No previous records within 2
                                                Carronia multisepalea, a collapsed       km of site.
                                                shrub that provides the food and         Low potential to occur due
                                                habitat the moth requires in order to    to lack of generally suitable
                                                breed (Clarke & Spier-Ashcroft           habitat      and      previous
                                                2003; NSW DECC 2005ag). Where            records.
                                                C. multisepalea attains an upright
                                                form, the association with the moth
                                                does not occur (TSSC 2002n).


 Mammals
 Chalinolobus dwyeri        Vulnerable          Sandstone cliffs and fertile             Species or species’ habitat
 large-eared pied bat                           woodland valley habitat within           unlikely to occur in the project
                                                close proximity of each other is         area.
                                                habitat of importance to the large-      No previous records within 2
                                                eared pied bat (NSW DECC                 km of site.
                                                2007d). Records from south-east          Low potential to occur due
                                                Queensland suggest that rainforest       to lack of habitat and
                                                and moist eucalypt forest habitats       previous records.
                                                on other geological substrates
                                                (rhyolite, trachyte and basalt) at
                                                high elevation are of similar
                                                importance to the species (Gynther
                                                2011 pers. comm. cited in Qld
                                                DERM 2011; Mathieson 2011 pers.
                                                comm. cited in Qld DERM 2011).
 Dasyurus hallucatus        Endangered          The northern quoll occupies a            Species or species’ habitat
 northern quoll                                 diversity of habitats across its         unlikely to occur in the project
                                                range which includes rocky areas,        area.
                                                eucalypt forest and woodlands,           No previous records within 2
                                                rainforests, sandy lowlands and          km of site.
                                                beaches, shrubland, grasslands           Low potential to occur due
                                                                                         to lack of generally suitable



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