MCU14/0056 - Attachment I -Environmental Report

               environmental management
             ecological assessment report

         Species Details                  Legislation                      Occurrence
                                                                                                                             Habitat Features
                                                                         Likely
                     Common                                                       Possible   Unlikely
 Scientific Name                  NCA Listing     EPBC Act   Confirmed     to
                      Name                                                        to Occur   To Occur
                                                                         Occur
                                                                                                        southern Queensland.
                                                                                                        This species is unlikely to occur due to lack of suitable
                                                                                                        habitat.
     Litoria        Wallum        Vulnerable                                                            This species is associated with ephemeral, semi-
 olongburensis      Sedgefrog                                                                           permanent wetlands with emergent reeds, ferns and/or
                                                                                                        sedges, in undisturbed coastal wallum. Can also be found
                                                                                               
        in freshwater lakes and creeks in coastal wallum
                                                                                                        This species is unlikely to occur due to lack of suitable
                                                                                                        habitat.
 Adelotus brevis    Tusked        Vulnerable                                                            This species is native to the East Coast of Australia and the
                    Frog                                                                                mountains of the Great Dividing Range, but has
                                                                                                        disappeared from a significant portion of its range,
                                                                                                        especially in upland areas. This species occurs in a range
                                                                                                        of habitats from open grassland to dry forest and
                                                                                   
                    rainforest. Streams and ponds are required for
                                                                                                        breeding. They hide underneath rocks or logs or in
                                                                                                        crevices, usually not too far from water.
                                                                                                        This species has the potential to occur on site due to
                                                                                                        the presence of the watercourse and geographic
                                                                                                        distribution.
                                                                                                        Occurs in freshwater swamps and lakes in lowland coastal
                                                                                                        areas in associated vegetation communities such as
                                                                                                        heath, sedgeland and woodland on nutrient-poor sandy
                                                                                                        soils. Observed in disturbed heath habitat.
                      Wallum                                                                            They are found along the coastal margin from Litabella
 Crinia tinnula
                      froglet
                                  Vulnerable                                                   
        National Park in south-east Queensland to Kurnell in
                                                                                                        Sydney and on the sand islands off the Queensland coast
                                                                                                        (Fraser, Bribie, Moreton and North Stradbroke Islands).
                                                                                                        This species is unlikely to occur due to lack of suitable
                                                                                                        habitat.
                                                                                                        The Giant barred frog occurs in uplands and lowlands in
                                                                                                        rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest, including farmland.
   Mixophyes
    iteratus
                       Giant
                    Barred frog
                                                Endangered                                     
        Many sites are the lower reaches of streams which have
                                                                                                        been affected by major disturbances such as clearing,
                                                                                                        timber harvesting and urban development in their

   saunders havill group
age 64