UPDATED DA - Attachment 8 - Flora and Fauna Assessment

                                                                                                                                                                                 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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