Distribution of Herpetofauna and Mammals in Western Sydney (PDF

UBBS - Herpetofauna and Mammal distributions in western Sydney

Herpetofauna and Mammals Faunal Summary Table: Explanation of Symbols Local Government Areas Au Auburn Fa Fairfield Ba Bankstown Ha Hawkesbury Bl Blacktown Ho Holroyd BH Baulkham Hills Li Liverpool Ca Camden Pa Parramatta Cb Campbelltown Pe Penrith

Geological Formations

MS Maroota sandmass QAL Quaternary alluvium Sa Hawkesbury/Narrabeen Sandstone S/Sa Sandstone/shale Transition zone WS Wiannamatta Group shales TAL Tertiary alluvials

Conservation status

V Vulnerable species (TSC Act 1995 Schedule 2) El Endangered species (TSC Act 1995 Schedule 1, Part 1) E4 Presumed extinct (TSC Act 1995 Schedule 1, Part 4) R Regionally significant species J Listed on JAMBA international agreement C Listed on CAMBA international agreement IU Listed on IUCN Red Data Book of Threatened Animals (1994) IC Listed on ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds (Collar and Andrew 1988) CO CONCOM list of Endangered & Vulnerable Australian Vertebrates

Residential status b breeding recorded es escapee i introduced species m migrant n nomad va vagrant

Preferred Habitats

RF Rainforest WSF Wet Sclerophyll Forest DSF Dry Sclerophyll Forest Wo Woodland

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Wo(Cp) Cumberland Plain Woodland (Map units 10c, 10d, 9b) Wo(Cs) Castlereagh Woodland (Map units 14a, 14c, 9d, 9e) Wo(Ag) Agnes Banks Woodland (Map unit 14b) Wo (Sa) Sandstone Woodland H Heath (Open Scrub) (Map units 10ar, 14b)

Wetland Habitats

OM Intertidal Mudflats EWS Estuarine Saltmarsh (Herbland) M Mangrove Forest OS Stream or River OF Freshwater Lake OB Freshwater Swamp DA Farm Dam

Special Habitats

OR Rock Outcrop AC Aerial

Modified Environments

F Farmland UUrban

Source of Records

NPWS NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service Atlas AM Australian Museum Records WIRES Wildlife Information & Rescue Emergency Service FOC Field Ornithologists Club of NSW CBOC Cumberland Bird Observers Club KH Keith Hindwood Bird Recording Service. Curated by E.S. Hoskin OTHER Darryl McKay;

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Cons Res. Common name Scientific Name Status Status Local Government Area Geological Formation Habitat Source of Records Au Ba BH Bl Ca Cb Fa Ha Ho Li Pa Pe Sa S/Sa Ws Tal Qal Amphibia Tusked Frog Adelotus brevis ?x? Giant Burrowing Frog Heleioporus australiacus V b x x x x x x x Wo(Sa), H, OS NPWS,AM, Eastern Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerili complex b x x x x x x OS, OB, DA, Rf, Wo, H, OG, WSF, DSF, NPWS, AM Brown-striped Frog Limnodynastes peronii b xxxx xxxxxxxxx x OS, OB, DA, Wo, OG, WSF, DSF UBBS, NPWS, AM, EIS,OTHER Spotted Grass Frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis b xxxx xxxxxxxx x OB, DA, OS, Wo, OG, H UBBS, NPWS, AM, EIS Ornate Burrowing Frog Limnodynastes ornatus REG? b ? x x x x x Rf, Wo, H, WSF, DSF NPWS, AM Barred Frog Mixophyes balbus V, IU b? ? x x x Rf, OS, Wo Great Barred Frog M. fasciolatus REG?, IUb? ? Rf, Wo Haswell's Frog Paracrinia haswelli REG x x Wo, H, WSF, DSF NPWS Red-crowned Toadlet Pseudophryne australis V, IUb x xxxxx Wo(Sa), OB, OS UBBS, NPWS, EIS Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii REG, IU b ? ? x x ? x x x ? x x Wo, WSF, DSF, OS, OB NPWS, AM, EIS Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera b xxxx xxxxxxxxxx xx x OB, OS, DA, OG, OU, Wo, H UBBS, NPWS, AM, EIS,OTHER Smooth Toadlet Uperoleia laevigata REGb ???? x x x x x x Wo, OB, DA, OG, DSF UBBS, NPWS, AM, EIS, Tyler's Toadlet U. tyleri REG? DSW, DSF, H, OG Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea E, IU b x x x x x OB, DA, OS NPWS, AM, EIS Green Tree Frog Litoria caerulea REG b ? x x x x x OB, Wo, OU, OG, OP, H, NPWS, AM, EIS Blue Mountains Tree Frog Litoria citropa b? x Rf, Wo, H, WSF, DSF, DSW Bleating Tree Frog Litoria dentata IU b xxxx x xxxx x OB, Rf, Wo, OG, OU, WSF, DSF NPWS, AM, EIS Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Litoria fallax b xxxx x xxxxxx OB, OS, DA, WSF UBBS, NPWS, EIS,OTHER Freycinet's Frog Litoria freycineti x x x x x OB, H NPWS Jervis Bay Tree Frog Litoria jervisiensis b ? x OB, H, WSF AM Broad-palmed Tree frog Litoria latopalmata b?xxxxxxx x OB, Wo,etc UBBS, NPWS, AM, EIS Lesueur's Frog L. lesueuri complex IU b x x ? x x Rf, Wo, H, OS, WSF, DSF, OG NPWS, EIS Litoria littlejohni REG ? ? ? Peron's Tree Frog Litoria peronii b ?xxx x xxxxxx x Wo, OB, DA, OG etc UBBS, NPWS, AM, EIS,OTHER Leaf Green Tree Frog Litoria phyllochroa complex b x x x x OS, DSF, WSF NPWS Desert Tree Frog Litoria rubella x ? WSF, DSF, DSW, etc. Tyler's Tree Frog L. tyleri b x x OS, DSF, WSF EIS,OTHER Verreaux's Tree Frog Litoria verreauxii complex IU b xxxx x xx xxxx x Wo, H, OB, DA, OS, DSF, WSF UBBS, NPWS, EIS Cane Toad Bufo marinus int ? x x OB,DA, etc NPWS

Reptilia Eastern Long-necked Tortoise Chelodina longicollis b xxxx xx xxxx x x OB, DA, OS, OG NPWS, AM, EIS, WIRES,OTHER Nepean River Tortoise Emydura sp. REG(V?) b x x OS EIS Red-eared Slyder (Introduced) American sp.(int) int killonsite Stone Gecko Diplodactylus vittatus b xxxx xxxxxxxx x DSF, WSF, Wo, H, OR UBBS, NPWS, AM, EIS Lesueur's Velvet Gecko Oedura lesueurii REG? b x x x x x Wo, OR NPWS, AM, EIS,OTHER Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko Phyllurus platurus b x x x x Wo, H, OR, WSF, DSF UBBS, NPWS, AM, EIS,OTHER Thick-tailed Gecko Underwoodisaurus milii REG? b x x x Wo, H, OR, WSF, DSF NPWS Burton's Legless Lizard Lialis burtonis REG? b x x Wo, H, WSF, DSF NPWS Common Scaly-foot Pygopus lepidopodus REG? b xxx x xxxxxx x Wo, H, etc NPWS, AM, EIS Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata REG b x x x x x x x x Wo, OG, DSF UBBS,NPWS, AM, EIS, WIRES,OTHER Mountain Dragon Tympanocryptis diemensis b x Wo, H, WSF, DSF NPWS Jacky Lizard Amphibolurus muricatus b?x xxxxx Wo, H, OR NPWS, AM, EIS,OTHER Eastern Water Dragon Physignathus lesueurii b x x x x x x x x x OS, U, WSF, OB NPWS, AM, EIS, WIRES Gould's Goanna Varanus gouldii b ? Wo, DSF, WSF, H? AM Lace Monitor Varanus varius REG b ? x x x x x x x x x x x x Rf?, Wo, DSF, WSF NPWS, AM, EIS, WIRES,OTHER Heath Monitor Varanus rosenbergi V b? x x OF, Wo, H, DSF, WSF

Swanson's legless skink Anamalopus (Vermiceps)swansoni x DSF, H, Southern Rainbow Skink Carlia tetradactyla x Wo, (tussocks), DSF, Wall Lizard Cryptoblepharus virgatus bx xxxx x Wo, H, U, WSF, DSF, NPWS, AM, EIS, Striped Skink Ctenotus robustus b xxxx xxxxxxxx xx Wo, H, UBBS, NPWS, AM, EIS Copper-tailed Skink Ctenotus taeniolatus b xxx xx x x xx OR, Wo, H UBBS, NPWS, AM, EIS,OTHER Casuarinna Skink Cyclodomorphus casuarinae b x Wo, AM, EIS Cunningham's Skink Egernia cunninghami b x x x OR, Wo NPWS, AM, EIS White's Skink Egernia whitii b x x x x OR, Wo UBBS, NPWS, AM Page 1 UBBS - Distribution of herpetofauna and mammals in western Sydney

Cons Res. Common name Scientific Name Status Status Local Government Area Geological Formation Habitat Source of Records Red-throated Skink Pseudomoia platynota b x x Wo, OR NPWS, AM, EIS Three-toed Skink Hemiergis decresiensis b x x x Wo, OR NPWS, AM,OTHER Pink-tongued Skink Hemisphaeriodon gerrardii REG? b x Rf, NPWS? Grass Skink Lampropholis delicata b xxxx xx x xxx xx x Rf, Wo, H, OG, OU, OS, OB UBBS, NPWS, AM, EIS Garden Skink Lampropholis guichenoti b xxxx xxxx xxx x x Wo, H, OG, OU, F, OS, OB NPWS, AM, EIS,OTHER Rainbow Litter Skink Lygisaurus foliorum REG? b ? x x Wo, AM, EIS, Weasel Skink Saproscincus mustelinus b x x x Rf, NPWS, EIS,OTHER Three-toed Skink Saiphos equalis x x x Rf, UBBS, NPWS, AM Eastern Water Skink Eulamprus quoyii b xxxx xxxx xxx x OS, ++, OB, DA UBBS, NPWS, AM, EIS, Heatwole's Water Skink E. heatwolei ? Barred-side Skink E. tenuis b xx xxx x Rf, ++? NPWS, AM, EIS,OTHER Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard Tiliqua scincoides b ?xxx x xxxxxxx x x Rf, Wo, OU UBBS, NPWS, AM, EIS, WIRES,OTHER Blotched Blue-tongue Tiliqua nigrolutea int. to area WIRES

A Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops nigrescens b xxx x x x Rf, Wo, OR, DSF, WSF NPWS, AM, EIS, WIRES,OTHER A Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops proximus REG? b? x x H, Wo NPWS, A Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops wiedii REG? x Wo NPWS Diamond Python Morelia spilota spilota REG? b ? x x x x x x Rf, Wo, OR, WSF, DSF, AM, EIS, WIRES,OTHER Brown Tree Snake Boiga irregularis REG b x x x x x Rf, Wo, OB, OR, WSF, DSF WIRES Green Tree Snake Dendrelaphis punctulata b x x x x x x x Rf, Mf, H, WSF, DSF, M NPWS, AM, EIS, WIRES,OTHER Death Adder Acanthophis antarcticus REG b ? x x x x x Rf, Wo, H, WSF, DSF NPWS?, AM, EIS Krefft's Dwarf Snake Cacophis krefftii REG b RF, WSF, Golden Crowned Snake C. squamulosus b x x x x RF, WSF NPWS,OTHER Yellow-faced Whip Snake Demansia psammophis b ? x x x x Wo, H, WSF, DSF, OG UBBS, NPWS, AM, EIS,OTHER White-lipped snake Drysdalia coronoides REG? Wo, H, WSF, DSF D. rhodogaster REG? b? x Wo, H, WSF, DSF Red-naped Snake Furina diadema REG? b ? x x x xxxxxxxxxx?xx DSF, Wo, H, Rf, WSF, DSF NPWS, AM, EIS Marsh Snake Hemiaspis signata REG? b x x Rf, H NPWS Broad-Headed Snake Hoplocephalus bungaroides E, IU b x x x x OR, Wo, NPWS, AM Eastern Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus REG b ? x x x x OB, Rf, Wo, Rf, WSF, DSF EIS Blue-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis guttatus ? x DSF, WSF, Atlas?Voigt pers. comm. Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus b xxxx x xx xxxx x OB, OS, OF, Wo, H, OG UBBS, NPWS, AM, EIS, WIRES,OTHER Eastern Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis b xxxx xx x xx x x Wo, H, OG, WSF, F UBBS, NPWS, AM, EIS, WIRES,OTHER Small-eyed Snake Rhinolocephalus nigrescens b x x Rf, H, AM, EIS Black-naped Snake Suta spectabilis(aka;S.s.dwyeri) REG? b x Wo, WSF NPWS, AM, EIS Bandy Bandy Vermicella annulata b xx x xxxxx Rf, Wo, H, WSF, DSF NPWS, AM, EIS, WIRES

Mammalia Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus REG end x x x x OS UBBS, NPWS, AM, Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus REG? v x x x x x Wo, NPWS, AM, EIS, WIRES, Spotted-tail Quoll Dasyurus maculatus V end x x x x x Eastern Quoll D. viverrinus E1 ex Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa V end Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes REG v/end x x Phil Burrel Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii REGv x xx x UBBS, Dusky Antechinus Antechinus swainsoni REG v/end Unidentified Antechinus Antechinus sp. x Common Dunnart Sminthipsis murina REG end/v Common Planigale Planigale maculata V end/v Southern Short-nosed Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus REG end/v Northern Short-nosed Bandicoot I.macrourus REG end/v Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta REG v/end x xxx Koala Phascolarctos cinereus V end/v x x x UBBS, Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus REG v/end x x x UBBS, Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus v xxx xxxx xxx x UBBS, Greater Glider Petauroides volans REG v/end x x? x UBBS, Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis V end/v x x x x UBBS, Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps v xx xxxx x x x x x UBBS, Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis V end x xx x x

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Cons Res. Common name Scientific Name Status Status Local Government Area Geological Formation Habitat Source of Records Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula c xxxx xxxx xxxxx xx x UBBS, Mountain Brushtail Possum Trichosurus caninus REG? v? Eastern Pigmy-possum Cercartetus nanus REG end/v x x x x Feathertail Glider Acrobates pygmaeus REG? v/end x x x x Long-nosed Potoroo Potorous tridactylus V end/ex Rufous Bettong Aepyprimnus rufescens Vex Tasmanian Bettong Bettongia gaimardi E4 ex Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby Petrogale penicillata V, IU ex/end ?carcass Red-necked Pademelon Thylogale thetis REG ex/end Parma Wallaby Macropus parma V, IU ex Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus REGv x x UBBS, Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus REGend xx xxx x x xx x UBBS, Common Wallaroo Macropus robustus REG(int) end/ex x Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor REG? v x x x x x x x x x Wo UBBS,

Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus xxxx xxxx xxx UBBS, Little Red Flying-fox Pteropus scapulatus x x x Flying-fox Pteropus sp. x Eastern Horseshoe-bat Rhinolophus megaphyllus x Yellow-bellied Sheath-tail Bat Saccolaimus flaviventris V White-striped Mastiff-bat Nyctinomus australis x x Little Mastiff-bat Mormpterus planiceps Little Freetail Bat Mormopterus loriae x Eastern Little Mastiff Bat M. norfolkensis V Gould's Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus gouldi x x x UBBS, Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi x x x x Common Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus schreibersii V x x Gould's Wattled Bat Chalinolobus gouldii x x x x Chocolate Wattled Bat Chalinolobus morio x x Large Pied Bat Chalinolobus dwyeri V x Large-footed Mouse-eared Bat Myotis adversus V x x Greater Broad-nosed Bat Scoteanax rueppellii V x Eastern Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens orion x x Western Broad-nosed Bat S. balstoni Golden-tipped Bat Kerivoula papuensis V Eastern Falsistrelle Falsistrellis tasmaniensis V the Pumilus Vespadelus pumilus Southern Forest Bat Vespadelus regulus x Eastern Cave Bat V. troughtoni V Little Forest Eptesicus Vespadelus vulturnus x x x White-footed Rabbit Rat Conilurus albipes E4 ex Water Rat Hydromys chrysogaster Eastern Chestnut Mouse Pseudomys gracilicaudata V New Holland Mouse Pseudomys novaehollandiae REG end x x x Ps. oralis? E1 ex Ps.fumeus? E1 ex Bush Rat Rattus fuscipes x x x x x x x UBBS, Swamp Rat Rattus lutreolus x x Dingo Canis familiaris dingo ex

Red Kangaroo M. rufa int WIRES Black Rat Rattus rattus int xx xxxx x x x x UBBS, Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus int House Mouse Mus musculus int x x x x x x x x x Wo UBBS, Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus int x xx xxxxxxxx xx Wo UBBS, Brown Hare Lepus capensis int x x x xxxx x x UBBS, Dog Canis familiaris int xx xxxxxx x x Wo UBBS, Fox Vulpes vulpes int x xx xxxxxxxx x U,F,Wo,DSF, OB UBBS, Cat Felis catus int x xx x xxxxxx UBBS,

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Cons Res. Common name Scientific Name Status Status Local Government Area Geological Formation Habitat Source of Records Horse Equus caballus int xx xxx x UBBS, Pig Sus scrofa int x x x UBBS, Red Deer Cervus elaphus int x Cattle Bos taurus int x x x x x WSF,F,Wo UBBS, Goat Capra hircus int x x x x Phil Burrel Sheep Ovis aries int UBBS

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