Environment and Resource Management

Near threatened animals

Amphibians

Common name

Scientific name

Cooloola sedgefrog

Litoria cooloolensis

Eungella tinkerfrog

Taudactylus liemi

green thighed frog

Litoria brevipalmata

Kuranda treefrog

Litoria myola

long snouted treefrog

Litoria longirostris

 

Litoria sp. cf. cooloolensis 

(North Stradbroke Is population)

masked mountainfrog

Kyarranus loveridgei

pouched frog

Assa darlingtoni

rattling nurseryfrog

Cophixalus hosmeri

red-and-yellow mountainfrog       

Kyarranus kundagungan

rough collared frog

Cyclorana verrucosa

tapping green eyed frog

Litoria serrata

tapping nurseryfrog

Cophixalus aenigma

whirring treefrog

Litoria revelata

Birds (32 species)

Common name

Scientific name

Albert's lyrebird

Menura alberti

Australian swiftlet

Aerodramus terraereginae

black-chinned honeyeater

Melithreptus gularis

black-chinned honeyeater (eastern)

Melithreptus gularis gularis

black-necked stork

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

blue-faced parrot-finch

Erythrura trichroa

Carpentarian grasswren

Amytornis dorotheae

cotton pygmy-goose

Nettapus coromandelianus

eastern curlew

Numenius madagascariensis

Eungella honeyeater

Lichenostomus hindwoodi

freckled duck

Stictonetta naevosa

golden-backed honeyeater

Melithreptus gularis laetior

grey falcon

Falco hypoleucos

grey goshawk

Accipiter novaehollandiae

grey grasswren

Amytornis barbatus

grey grasswren (Bulloo)

Amytornis barbatus barbatus

grey grasswren (Lake Eyre basin)

Amytornis barbatus diamantina

Lewin's rail

Lewinia pectoralis

Marshall's fig-parrot

Cyclopsitta diophthalma marshalli

palm cockatoo

Probosciger aterrimus

pictorella mannikin

Heteromunia pectoralis

radjah shelduck

Tadorna radjah

red-browed treecreeper

Climacteris erythrops

redthroat

Pyrrholaemus brunneus

rufous owl

(Cape York subspecies)

Ninox rufa meesi

sooty owl

Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa

sooty oystercatcher

Haematopus fuliginosus

square-tailed kite

Lophoictinia isura

striated grasswren

Amytornis striatus

superb lyrebird

Menura novaehollandiae

turquoise parrot

Neophema pulchella

zitting cisticola

(Normanton subspecies)

Cisticola juncidis normani

 

Mammals (24 species)

Common name

Scientific name

Atherton antechinus

Antechinus godmani

Australian snubfin dolphin

Orcaella heinsohni

bare-backed fruit bat

Dobsonia moluccensis

Bennett's tree-kangaroo

Dendrolagus bennettianus

Cape York rock-wallaby

Petrogale coenensis

chestnut dunnart

Sminthopsis archeri

cinnamon antechinus

Antechinus leo

common spotted cuscus

Spilocuscus maculatus

common wombat

Vombatus ursinus

Daintree River ringtail possum

Pseudochirulus cinereus

diadem leaf-nosed bat

Hipposideros diadema reginae

golden-tipped bat

Kerivoula papuensis

green ringtail possum

Pseudochirops archeri

Herbert River ringtail possum

Pseudochirulus herbertensis

Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin 

Sousa chinensis

lemuroid ringtail possum

Hemibelideus lemuroides

little pied bat

Chalinolobus picatus

Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo

Dendrolagus lumholtzi

Mareeba rock-wallaby

Petrogale mareeba

Papuan sheathtail bat

Saccolaimus mixtus

pygmy long-eared bat

Nyctophilus walkeri

southern common cuscus

Phalanger mimicus

Torresian tube-nosed bat

Nyctimene cephalotes

white-footed dunnart

Sminthopsis leucopus

Reptiles (48 species)

 

Common name

Scientific name

common death adder

Acanthophis antarcticus

Cape York worm skink

Anomalopus pluto

woma

Aspidites ramsayi

Thornton Peak calyptotis

Calyptotis thorntonensis

limbless snake-tooth skink

Coeranoscincus frontalis

three-toed snake-tooth skink

Coeranoscincus reticulatus

Fuhn's snake-eyed skink

Cryptoblepharus fuhni

 

Ctenotus aphrodite

 

Ctenotus ariadnae

 

Ctenotus capricorni

 

Ctenotus rawlinsoni

Schevill's ctenotus

Ctenotus schevilli

Ctenotus serotinus

southern Cape York fine-snout

Ctenotus zebrilla

Atherton delma

Delma mitella

 

Emoia atrocostata

painted turtle

Emydura subglobosa

Jardine River turtle

Emydura subglobosa subglobosa

diamond head turtle

Emydura subglobosa worrelli

elf skink

Eroticoscincus graciloides

orange-sided skink

Eulamprus amplus

 

Eulamprus tigrinus

yellow-naped snake

Furina barnardi

 

Glaphyromorphus mjobergi

beech skink

Harrisoniascincus zia

Bunya Mountains skink

Lampropholis colossus

 

Lampropholis mirabilis

 

Lampropholis robertsi

slender chained gecko

Lepidodactylus pumilus

grey lerista

Lerista cinerea

 

Lerista karlschmidti

chillagoe fine-lined slider

Lerista storri

 

Lerista wilkinsi

Chillagoe litter-skink

Lygisaurus rococo

Endeavour River litter-skink          

Lygisaurus tanneri

green python

Morelia viridis

border thick-tailed gecko

Nephrurus sphyrurus

Cooloola snake-skink

Ophioscincus cooloolensis

western taipan

Oxyuranus microlepidotus

Collett's snake

Pseudechis colletti

Cooloola blind snake

Ramphotyphlops broomi

 

Ramphotyphlops silvia

pink snake

Rhinoplocephalus incredibilis

 

Saproscincus rosei

gully shadeskink

Saproscincus spectabilis

robust burrowing snake

Simoselaps warro

golden-tailed gecko

Strophurus taenicauda

emerald monitor

Varanus prasinus

Last updated 23 August 2011

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