List of Nature Conservation Act endangered fauna of Queensland

This is a list of animals listed as Endangered under the terms of Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992.^[1] The list is based on the most recent regulations, the Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020.^[2]

Invertebrates

Adclarkia dawsonensis (boggomoss snail)
Adclarkia dulacca (Dulacca woodland snail)
Argynnis hyperbius inconstans (Australian fritillary butterfly)
Euastacus eungella (Eungella spiny crayfish)
Euastacus hystricosus (Conondale spiny crayfish)
Euastacus monteithorum (Monteith’s spiny crayfish)
Euastacus robertsi (Robert’s crayfish)
Euastacus suttoni (Sutton’s crayfish)
Tenuibranchiurus glypticus (swamp crayfish)
Trisyntopa scatophaga (antbed moth)

Fish

Carcharias taurus (greynurse shark)
Chlamydogobius micropterus (Elizabeth Springs goby)
Chlamydogobius squamigenus (Edgbaston goby)
Hippocampus whitei (White’s seahorse)
Mordacia praecox (non-parasitic lamprey)
Nannoperca oxleyana (Oxleyan pygmy perch)
Pseudomugil mellis (honey blue eye)
Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis (redfin blue eye)

Amphibians

Cophixalus aenigma (tapping nursery frog)
Litoria nannotis (torrent treefrog)
Litoria rheocola (common mist frog)
Mixophyes fleayi (Fleay’s barred frog)
Philoria knowlesi (Mount Ballow mountain frog)
Philoria kundagungan (red-and-yellow mountain frog)
Taudactylus eungellensis (Eungella tinkerfrog)

Reptiles

Anomalopus mackayi (long-legged worm skink)
Caretta caretta (loggerhead turtle)
Concinnia frerei (Bartle Frere bar-sided skink)
Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback turtle)
Elusor macrurus (Mary River turtle)
Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill turtle)
Hemiaspis damelii (grey snake)
Karma tryoni (Tryon’s skink)
Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley turtle
Lerista allanae (retro slider)
Lerista colliveri (nubbined fine-lined slider)
Lerista rochfordensis (Rochford slider)
Lerista vittata (Mount Cooper slider)
Phyllurus caudiannulatus (ringed thin-tailed gecko)
Rheodytes leukops (Fitzroy River turtle)
Tympanocryptis condaminensis (Condamine earless dragon)
Tympanocryptis wilsoni (Roma earless dragon)
Varanus mertensi (Mertens’ water monitor)
Wollumbinia belli (Bell’s turtle)

Birds

Amytornis barbatus barbatus (grey grasswren (Bulloo))
Amytornis dorotheae (Carpentarian grasswren)
Botaurus poiciloptilus (Australasian bittern)
Calidris canutus (red knot)
Casuarius casuarius johnsonii (southern cassowary (southern population))
Charadrius mongolus (lesser sand plover)
Chloebia gouldiae (Gouldian finch)
Dasyornis brachypterus (eastern bristlebird)
Epthianura crocea macgregori (yellow chat (Dawson))
Erythrotriorchis radiatus (red goshawk)
Lathamus discolor (swift parrot)
Limosa lapponica menzbieri (Northern Siberian bar-tailed godwit)
Lophochroa leadbeateri leadbeateri (Major Mitchell's cockatoo (eastern))
Macronectes giganteus (southern giant-petrel)
Melanodryas cucullata cucullata (hooded robin (south-eastern))
Neochmia ruficauda ruficauda (star finch (eastern subspecies))
Numenius madagascariensis (eastern curlew)
Pezoporus occidentalis (night parrot)
Poephila cincta cincta (black-throated finch (white-rumped subspecies))
Probosciger aterrimus macgillivrayi (southern palm cockatoo)
Psephotus chrysopterygius (golden-shouldered parrot)
Rostratula australis (Australian painted snipe)
Sternula nereis exsul (New Caledonian fairy tern)
Thalassarche cauta (shy albatross)
Thalassarche chrysostoma (grey-headed albatross)

Mammals

Antechinus argentus (silver-headed antechinus)
Antechinus arktos (black-tailed antechinus)
Bettongia tropica (northern bettong)
Chalinolobus dwyeri (large-eared pied bat)
Dasyuroides byrnei (kowari)
Dasyurus maculatus gracilis (spotted-tailed quoll (northern subspecies))
Dasyurus maculatus maculatus (spotted-tailed quoll (south-eastern mainland population))
Hipposideros semoni (Semon’s leaf-nosed bat)
Macroderma gigas (ghost bat)
Macrotis lagotis (greater bilby)
Notomys fuscus (dusky hopping-mouse)
Onychogalea frenata (bridled nailtail wallaby)
Petauroides volans (greater glider (southern and central populations))
Petaurus australis unnamed subsp. (yellow-bellied glider (northern subspecies))
Petaurus gracilis (mahogany glider)
Petrogale persephone (Proserpine rock-wallaby)
Phascolarctos cinereus (koala)
Pseudomys oralis (Hastings River mouse)
Pteropus conspicillatus (spectacled flying-fox)
Rhinolophus philippinensis (greater large-eared horseshoe bat)
Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus (bare-rumped sheathtail bat)
Sminthopsis douglasi (Julia Creek dunnart)

References

^ "Endangered animals". Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
^ "Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020". Queensland Legislation. Queensland Government. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021. (Schedule 1, Part 2, Division 4)