Appendix C - Ecological Assessment Report · RAL26/0026

Table 1 – Habitat value for previously recorded conservation significant fauna species
 Fauna Species                     Habitat Requirements                        Habitat Value within the Site

 Adelotus brevis (tusked frog)     Inhabits wet eucalypt forest,               Suitable habitat within the dams and
 – vulnerable (NC Act)             rainforest, and sometimes dry               central waterway. All development will
                                   eucalypt forest, where it can be found      be located external of the identified
                                   in close proximity to suitable breeding     suitable habitat.
                                   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).

 Crinia tinnula (wallum            Inhabits acidic wetlands (pH 4.3-5.2)       Potential habitat within low lying land
 froglet) – vulnerable (NC Act)    within Melaleuca swamps, sedgeland,         adjacent to dams. No individuals heard
                                   wet or dry heathland and                    calling at the time of assessment. All
                                   wallum/woodland areas in the sandy          development will be located external
                                   coastal lowlands (<100m asl) of south-      of the identified suitable habitat.
                                   east     Queensland.      Occasionally
                                   animals occur in adjacent forests with
                                   a heathy understorey and are known
                                   to persist in disturbed wallum habitat
                                   such as 4WD-impacted sites,
                                   roadsides, quarry site, and exotic pine
                                   plantations and partly cleared areas
                                   (DETSI, 2025).

 Calyptorhynchus lathami           This species prefers woodland areas         No Allocasuarinas occur within the
 lathami (glossy black             dominated by Allocasuarina, or open         development area. No large arboreal
 cockatoo) – vulnerable (NC        sclerophyll forests and woodlands           hollows suitable for breeding occur
 Act & EPBC Act)                   with a stratum of Allocasuarina             within the site.
                                   beneath Eucalyptus, Corymbia or
                                   Angophora (Hourigan, 2012).

 Phascolarctos cinereus            Koalas inhabit a range of temperate,        Marginal habitat is present within the
 (koala) – endangered (NC Act      sub-tropical and tropical forest,           site due to dominance of Melaleucas
 & EPBC Act)                       woodland and semi-arid communities          and low number of preferred food
                                   dominated by eucalypt species               trees (i.e., Eucalypts).
                                   (DCCCEW, 2025).




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