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
 Furina dunmalli            Vulnerable          Dunmall's Snake has been found in       Species or species’ habitat
 Dunmall’s snake                                a broad range of habitats, including    unlikely to occur in the project
                                                forests and woodlands on black          area.
                                                alluvial cracking clay and clay         No previous records within 2
                                                loams dominated by brigalow             km of site.
                                                (Acacia harpophylla), other wattles     Low potential to occur due
                                                (A. burowii, A. deanii, A. leioclyx),   to lack of generally suitable
                                                native cypress (Callitris spp.) or      habitat and previous
                                                bull-oak (Allocasuarina luehmannii)     records.
                                                (Brigalow Belt Reptiles Workshop
                                                2010; Covacevich et al. 1988;
                                                Stephenson & Schmida 2008).
                                                 Various blue spotted gum
                                                (Corymbia citriodora), ironbark
                                                (Eucalyptus crebra and E.
                                                melanophloia), white cypress pine
                                                (Callitris glaucophylla) and Bulloak
                                                open forest and woodland
                                                associations on sandstone derived
                                                soils (Brigalow Belt Reptiles
                                                Workshop 2010; Stephenson
                                                &Schmida 2008, Threatened
                                                Species Network 2008).




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