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Biodiversity Summary for NRM Regions Species List What is the summary for and where does it come from? This list has been produced by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (SEWPC) for the Natural Resource Management Spatial Information System. The list was produced using the AustralianAustralian Natural Natural Heritage Heritage Assessment Assessment Tool Tool (ANHAT), which analyses data from a range of plant and animal surveys and collections from across Australia to automatically generate a report for each NRM region. Data sources (Appendix 2) include national and state herbaria, museums, state governments, CSIRO, Birds Australia and a range of surveys conducted by or for DEWHA. For each family of plant and animal covered by ANHAT (Appendix 1), this document gives the number of species in the country and how many of them are found in the region. It also identifies species listed as Vulnerable, Critically Endangered, Endangered or Conservation Dependent under the EPBC Act. A biodiversity summary for this region is also available. For more information please see: www.environment.gov.au/heritage/anhat/index.html Limitations • ANHAT currently contains information on the distribution of over 30,000 Australian taxa. This includes all mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs and fish, 137 families of vascular plants (over 15,000 species) and a range of invertebrate groups. Groups notnot yet yet covered covered in inANHAT ANHAT are notnot included included in in the the list. list. • The data used come from authoritative sources, but they are not perfect. All species names have been confirmed as valid species names, but it is not possible to confirm all species locations. The list summarises the input data, so errors in the data received would be reflected in this document. • The scientific names and taxonomic concepts used in this report reflect an ANHAT view of the data and not necessarily that found in government censuses, databases or other authoritative lists. Species list for Border Rivers-Gwydir NSW Page 1 of 122 21-Jan-11 Species List for NRM Region Border Rivers-Gwydir, New South Wales This list was produced by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities using the Australian Natural Heritage Assessment Tool (ANHAT). ANHAT is a database and decision support tool which uses over 33 million specimen and survey records for vertebrates, selected invertebrates and 137 vascular plant families (over 15,000 species). This species list does not include exotic or extinct species. Species are shown only if they belong to the families covered in ANHAT as shown in Appendix 1 and ANHAT holds records of the species from this region. Proportion of Most EPBC sampled range recent Common Name Status in the region (%) record Vertebrate fauna Actinopterygii Ambassidae Chanda Perches, (1 out of 12 species in Australia) Glassfishes, Perchlets Ambassis agassizii Agassiz's Glassfish 2 2008 Atherinidae Hardyheads, (3 out of 20 species in Australia) Silversides, Whitebait Craterocephalus amniculus Darling Hardyhead 61 2008 Craterocephalus fulvus Unspecked Hardyhead 3 1991 Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum Flyspecked Hardyhead 4 2008 Clupeidae Herrings, Menhadens, (1 out of 11 species in Australia) Pilchards, Sardines, Shads, Sprats Nematalosa erebi Bony Bream 5 2008 Eleotridae Gudgeons, Sleepers (4 out of 39 species in Australia) Hypseleotris galii Firetail Gudgeon <1 2002 Hypseleotris klunzingeri Western Carp Gudgeon 4 2008 Mogurnda adspersa Southern Purplespotted Gudgeon 7 2008 Philypnodon grandiceps Flathead Gudgeon <1 2002 Galaxiidae Galaxias, (1 out of 23 species in Australia) Salamanderfish Galaxias olidus Mountain Galaxias 4 2008 Melanotaeniidae Rainbowfishes (3 out of 16 species in Australia) Melanotaenia fluviatilis Murray River Rainbowfish 14 2008 Melanotaenia trifasciata Banded Rainbowfish 1 2002 Rhadinocentrus ornatus Ornate Rainbowfish 1 2002 Species list for Border Rivers-Gwydir NSW Page 2 of 122 21-Jan-11 Species list for Border Rivers-Gwydir NSW Proportion of Most EPBC sampled range recent Common Name Status in the region (%) record Percichthyidae Australian Freshwater (3 out of 17 species in Australia) Basses, Australian Freshwater Blackfish, Australian Freshwater Cods, Temperate Seabasses Gadopsis marmoratus River Blackfish 2 2007 Maccullochella peelii Murray Cod 16 2008 Macquaria ambigua Golden Perch 7 2008 Plotosidae Eel-Tailed Catfishes (1 out of 19 species in Australia) Tandanus tandanus Freshwater Catfish 10 2008 Retropinnidae Southern Graylings, (1 out of 3 species in Australia) Southern Smelts Retropinna semoni Australian Smelt 3 2008 Terapontidae Grunters (2 out of 33 species in Australia) Bidyanus bidyanus Silver Perch 5 2008 Leiopotherapon unicolor Spangled Perch 5 2008 Species are shown only if they belong to the families covered in ANHAT as shown in Page 3 of 122 21-Jan-11 Appendix 1 and ANHAT holds records of the species from this region. Species list for Border Rivers-Gwydir NSW Proportion of Most EPBC sampled range recent Common Name Status in the region (%) record Amphibia Hylidae Tree-Frogs (23 out of 81 species in Australia) Cyclorana alboguttata Striped Burrowing Frog 5 2010 Cyclorana brevipes Short-footed Frog 2 1997 Cyclorana novaehollandiae New Holland Frog <1 1999 Cyclorana platycephala Water-holding Frog 3 2008 Cyclorana verrucosa Rough Frog 7 2008 Litoria aurea Green and Golden Bell Frog Vulnerable <1 1972 Litoria booroolongensis Booroolong Frog Endangered 14 1977 Litoria caerulea Green Tree Frog 3 2010 Litoria castanea Yellow-Spotted Tree Frog Endangered 29 1999 Litoria dentata Bleating Tree Frog 2 2009 Litoria fallax Dwarf Tree Frog 5 2009 Litoria freycineti Freycinet's Frog 1 1992 Litoria latopalmata Broad Palmed Frog 7 2010 Litoria lesueuri Lesuer's Frog 3 2007 Litoria nasuta Rocket Frog <1 1979 Litoria peronii Peron's Tree Frog 4 2010 Litoria phyllochroa Leaf Green Tree Frog <1 1968 Litoria piperata New England Tree Frog Vulnerable 9 Litoria rubella Red Tree Frog 2 2008 Litoria subglandulosa Squeaky-bed Frog 3 2006 Litoria tyleri Tyler's Tree Frog <1 1997 Litoria verreauxii Verreaux's Tree Frog 3 2009 Litoria wilcoxii Stoney Creek Frog <1 1973 Species are shown only if they belong to the families covered in ANHAT as shown in Page 4 of 122 21-Jan-11 Appendix 1 and ANHAT holds records of the species from this region. Species list for Border Rivers-Gwydir NSW Proportion of Most EPBC sampled range recent Common Name Status in the region (%) record Myobatrachidae Myobatrachid or (25 out of 121 species in Australia) Southern Frogs Adelotus brevis Tusked Frog 4 1974 Crinia deserticola Desert Froglet <1 1995 Crinia parinsignifera Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet 6 2009 Crinia signifera Common Froglet 3 2009 Crinia sloanei Sloane's Toadlet 2 1998 Limnodynastes dumerilii Banjo Frog, Eastern Pobblebonk 2 2009 Limnodynastes fletcheri Barking Frog 13 2008 Limnodynastes interioris Giant Banjo Frog <1 1951 Limnodynastes peronii Striped Marsh Frog 1 2005 Limnodynastes salmini Salmon-striped frog 6 2010 Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Spotted Marsh Frog 4 2008 Limnodynastes terraereginae Northern Bullfrog 3 2006 Mixophyes balbus Stuttering Frog Vulnerable 1 2007 Mixophyes fasciolatus Great Barred Frog <1 2009 Neobatrachus sudelli Painted Burrowing Frog 4 2007 Notaden bennettii Crucifix Toad 6 2008 Opisthodon ornatus Ornate Burrowing Frog 4 2010 Paracrinia haswelli Haswell's Froglet <1 Philoria sphagnicolus Sphagnum Frog 1 1990 Pseudophryne bibroni Bibron's Toadlet, Brown Toadlet 4 2002 Pseudophryne coriacea Red-backed Toadlet 2 2007 Pseudophryne major Large Toadlet <1 1976 Uperoleia fusca Dusky Toadlet <1 1964 Uperoleia laevigata Smooth Toadlet 8 2006 Uperoleia rugosa Wrinkled Toadlet 7 2006 Species are shown only if they belong to the families covered in ANHAT as shown in Page 5 of 122 21-Jan-11 Appendix 1 and ANHAT holds records of the species from this region. Species list for Border Rivers-Gwydir NSW Proportion of Most EPBC sampled range recent Common Name Status in the region (%) record Aves Acanthizidae Scrubwrens, Thornbills (18 out of 43 species in Australia) and Allies Acanthiza apicalis Inland Thornbill 2 2010 Acanthiza chrysorrhoa Yellow-rumped Thornbill 2 2010 Acanthiza lineata Striated Thornbill 2 2009 Acanthiza nana Yellow Thornbill 3 2008 Acanthiza pusilla Brown Thornbill 2 2008 Acanthiza reguloides Buff-rumped Thornbill 3 2010 Acanthiza uropygialis Chestnut-rumped Thornbill <1 2007 Aphelocephala leucopsis Southern Whiteface <1 2006 Calamanthus pyrrhopygius Chestnut-rumped Heathwren 3 2007 Gerygone albogularis White-throated Gerygone 4 2009 Gerygone fusca Western Gerygone 2 2010 Gerygone mouki Brown Gerygone <1 1992 Origma solitaria Rockwarbler <1 1950 Pyrrholaemus sagittatus Speckled Warbler 6 2010 Sericornis citreogularis Yellow-throated Scrubwren <1 1992 Sericornis frontalis White-browed Scrubwren 2 2008 Sericornis magnirostris Large-billed Scrubwren <1 1992 Smicrornis brevirostris Weebill 2 2010 Accipitridae Eagles, Hawks and Kites (18 out of 19 species in Australia) Accipiter cirrhocephalus Collared Sparrowhawk <1 2003 Accipiter fasciatus Brown Goshawk 1 2008 Accipiter novaehollandiae Grey Goshawk <1 1999 Aquila audax Wedge-tailed Eagle 1 2010 Aviceda subcristata Pacific Baza 1 2008 Circus approximans Swamp Harrier <1 2002 Circus assimilis Spotted Harrier 1 2008 Elanus axillaris Black-shouldered Kite 2 2005 Elanus scriptus Letter-winged Kite <1 2000 Erythrotriorchis radiatus Red Goshawk Vulnerable <1 Haliaeetus leucogaster White-bellied
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