Species database - Hidden Vale Research Station

The 'Species Database' consists of DES-generated lists of species of conservation significance previously/currently present in the Scenic Rim region - encompassing the geographical locations of Spicers Hidden Vale and Spicers Peak, and also threatened wildlife not native to the Scenic Rim, but considered high priority for Queensland.

The database includes reference to species information gleaned from external websites, and the tables are sorted from most endangered, to least threatened.

Common Name	Scientific Name	NCA StatusNature Conservation Act Read more	EPBC StatusEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Read more	IUCN ListInternational Union for Conservation of Nature Read more	BoT StatusBack on Track species prioritisation framework Read more	Captive HoldingsCaptive Holdings Read more
Native to the Scenic Rim
White-footed rabbit-rat	Conilurus albipes	PE	EX	EX	DD	-
Plains rat	Pseudomys australis	E	V	VU	DD	A
Black-tailed dusky antechinus	Antechinus arktos	E	-	NE	L	-
Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby	Petrogale penicillata	V	V	NT	H	A
Hastings River mouse	Pseudomys oralis	V	E	VU	H	-
Koala (Southeast Queensland bioregion)	Phascolarctos cinereus (Southeast Queensland bioregion)	V	V	LC	-	A I
Large-eared pied bat	Chalinolobus dwyeri	V	V	NT	M	-
Long-nosed potoroo	Potorous tridactylus tridactylus	V	V	LC	M	A
Spotted-tailed quoll (Southern subspecies)	Dasyurus maculatus maculatus	V	E	NT	H	A
Koala	Phascolarctos cinereus	SL	V	LC	L	A I
Platypus	Ornithorhynchus anatinus	SL	-	LC	L	A
Short-beaked echidna	Tachyglossus aculeatus	SL	-	LC	L	A I
Golden-tipped bat	Kerivoula papuensis	C	-	LC	H	-
Grey-headed flying-fox	Pteropus poliocephalus	C	V	VU	C	A I
Southern greater glider	Petauroides volans	C	V	VU	DD	A
Little pied bat	Chalinolobus picatus	C	-	NT	M	-
Brush-tailed phascogale	Phascogale tapoatafa	C	-	NT	-	-
Not native to the Scenic Rim
Bridled nailtail wallaby	Onychogalea fraenata	E	E	EN	C	A
Mahogany glider	Petaurus gracilis	E	E	EN	C	A
Northern bettong	Bettongia tropica	E	E	EN	C	A
Greater bilby	Macrotis lagotis	E	V	VU	C	A
Julia Creek dunnart	Sminthopsis douglasi	E	V	NT	C	-
Kowari	Dasyuroides byrnei	V	V	VU	H	I
Silver-headed antechinus	Antechinus argentus	V	-	NE	-	-
Brush-tailed rabbit rat	Conilurus penicillatus	C	V	VU	DD	A
Fat-tailed dunnart	Sminthopsis crassicaudata	C	-	LC	L	A

Common Name	Scientific Name	NCA StatusNature Conservation Act Read more	EPBC StatusEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Read more	IUCN ListInternational Union for Conservation of Nature Read more	BoT StatusBack on Track species prioritisation framework Read more	Captive HoldingsCaptive Holdings Read more
Native to the Scenic Rim
Common death adder	Acanthophis antarcticus	NT	-	NE	M	A I
Three-toed snake-tooth skink	Saiphos reticulatus	C	V	NT	M	-
Rainforest cool-skink	Harrisoniascincus zia	C	-	NE	L	-
Faint-striped blind snake	Ramphotyphlops broomi	C	-	NE	L	-
Rainforest skink	Saproscincus rosei	C	-	NE	L	-
Gully skink	Saproscincus spectabilis	C	-	NE	L	-
Not native to the Scenic Rim
Gulbaru gecko	Phyllurus gulbaru	E	CE	CR	H	-
Nangur skink	Nangura spinosa	E	CE	NE	M	-

General Reptile Documents

Husbandry Manuals for Scincidae Family

Jackson, C 2006, Husbandry Manual for the Gidgee Skink Eugenia stokesii, Western Sydney Institute of TAFE.

Titmuss, A 2007, Husbandry Manual for the Shingleback Lizard Tiliqua rugosa, Western Sydney Institute of TAFE.

Atcheson, T 2009, Husbandry Guidelines for Eastern blue tongue lizard Tiliqua scincoides, Western Sydney Institute of TAFE.

Johnson, K 2009, Husbandry Guidelines for the Blue-tongue Lizard Tiliqua scincoides scincoides, Western Sydney Institute of TAFE.

Literature

Connolly, JD & Cree, A 2008, 'Risks of a late start to captive management for conservation: Phenotypic differences between wild and captive individuals of a viviparous endangered skink (Oligosoma otagense)', Biological Conservation, vol. 141, pp. 1283-92.

Banks, C 2005, General Container Requirements for Reptiles and Amphibians, © Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria, Mosman NSW 2088, Australia.

ZAA Census and Plan

Goldstone-Henry, C, Hibbard, C, Ford, C & Hogg, C (eds) 2015, Australasian Species Management Program: Regional Census and Plan - Reptiles, 25th Edition, Zoo and Aquarium Association, Sydney, Australia.

Common Name	Scientific Name	NCA StatusNature Conservation Act Read more	EPBC StatusEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Read more	IUCN ListInternational Union for Conservation of Nature Read more	BoT StatusBack on Track species prioritisation framework Read more	Captive HoldingsCaptive Holdings Read more
Native to the Scenic Rim
Fleay's barred frog	Mixophyes fleayi	E	E	EN	L	A
Giant barred frog	Mixophyes iteratus	E	E	EN	M	-
Cascade treefrog	Litoria pearsoniana	V	-	NT	L	-
Tusked frog	Adelotus brevis	V	-	NT	M	-
Wallum rocketfrog	Litoria freycineti	V	-	V	M	-
Mountain frog (Red-and-yellow mountainfrog)	Philoria kundagungan (*Kyarranus)	NT	-	EN	L	-
Green thighed frog	Litoria brevipalmata	C	-	EN	M	-
Loveridge's frog (Masked mountainfrog)	Philoria loveridgei (*Kyarranus)	C	-	EN	L	-
Whirring treefrog	Litoria revelata	C	-	LC	L	-
Pouched frog	Assa darlingtoni	C	-	LC	L	-

* Some discrepency in taxonomy - see within species pages for further details

General Frog Literature

Cogger, HG 2000, Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia, 6th edn, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Vic.

Hines, H. B. and the South-east Queensland Threatened Frogs Recovery Team. (2002) Recovery plan for stream frogs of South-East Queensland Report to Environment Australia, Canberra. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Brisbane.

Common Name	Scientific Name	NCA StatusNature Conservation Act Read more	EPBC StatusEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Read more	IUCN ListInternational Union for Conservation of Nature Read more	BoT StatusBack on Track species prioritisation framework Read more	Captive HoldingsCaptive Holdings Read more
Native to the Scenic Rim
Paradise parrot	Psephotus pulcherrimus	PE	EX	EX		-
Coxen's fig-parrot	Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni	E	E	CR	C	-
Eastern bristlebird	Dasyornis brachypterus	E	E	EN	H	A
Gouldian finch	Erythrura gouldiae	E	E	NT		A I
Red goshawk	Erythrotriorchis radiatus	E	V	NT	H	-
Regent honeyeater	Anthochaera phrygia (*Xanthomyza)	E	E	CE	M	A
Swift parrot	Lathamus discolor	E	E	CE	M	A I
Australian painted snipe	Rostratula australis	V	E			-
Black-breasted button-quail	Turnix melanogaster	V	V		C
Glossy black-cockatoo	Calyptorhynchus lathami	V		LC
Glossy black-cockatoo (Eastern)	Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami	V
Major Mitchell's cockatoo	Lophochroa leadbeateri	V
Painted honeyeater	Grantiella picta	V			H
Plumed frogmouth	Podargus ocellatus plumiferus	V
Powerful owl	Ninox strenua	V
Red-tailed tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	V
Rufous scrub-bird	Atrichornis rufescens	V	E		C
Southern emu-wren	Stipiturus malachurus	V
Squatter pigeon (Southern subspecies)	Geophaps scripta scripta	V	V
Albert's lyrebird	Menura alberti	NT
Black-chinned honeyeater	Melithreptus gularis	NT
Grey falcon	Falco hypoleucos	NT
Australian reed-warbler	Acrocephalus australis	SL
Barn swallow	Hirundo rustica	SL
Black-faced monarch	Monarcha melanopsis	SL
Caspian tern	Hydroprogne caspia	SL
Cattle egret	Ardea ibis	SL
Cicadabird	Coracina tenuirostris	SL
Common greenshank	Tringa nebularia	SL
Eastern great egret	Ardea modesta	SL
Eastern osprey	Pandion cristatus	SL
Fork-tailed swift	Apus pacificus	SL
Glossy ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	SL
Grey wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	SL
Latham's snipe	Gallinago hardwickii	SL
Marsh sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	SL
Oriental cuckoo	Cuculus optatus	SL
Rainbow bee-eater	Merops ornatus	SL
Rufous fantail	Rhipidura rufifrons	SL
Satin flycatcher	Myiagra cyanoleuca	SL
Sharp-tailed sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	SL
Spectacled monarch	Symposiarchus trivirgatus	SL
Wedge-tailed shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	SL
White-bellied sea-eagle	Haliaeetus leucogaster	SL
White-tailed tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	SL
White-throated needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus	SL
Australasian bittern	Botaurus poiciloptilus	C	E
Black-necked stork	Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus	C
Cotton pygmy-goose	Nettapus coromandelianus	C
Freckled duck	Stictonetta naevosa	C
Grey goshawk	Accipiter novaehollandiae	C
Lewin's rail	Lewinia pectoralis	C
Red-browed treecreeper	Climacteris erythrops	C
Sooty owl	Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa	C
Square-tailed kite	Lophoictinia isura	C
Turquoise parrot	Neophema pulchella	C
Not native to the Scenic Rim
Golden-shouldered parrot	Psephotus chrysopterygius	E	E	VU	C	A I
Palm cockatoo	Probosciger aterrimus	NT	V	LC	L	A I

* Some discrepency in taxonomy - see within species pages for further details

Common Name	Scientific Name	NCA StatusNature Conservation Act Read more	EPBC StatusEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Read more	IUCN ListInternational Union for Conservation of Nature Read more	BoT StatusBack on Track species prioritisation framework Read more	Captive HoldingsCaptive Holdings Read more
Not native to the Scenic Rim
Boggomoss snail	Adclarkia dawsonensis	E	CE	NE	C	-

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