THREATENED SPECIES SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Established under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

FINALISED PRIORITY ASSESSMENT LIST FOR THE ASSESSMENT PERIOD COMMENCING 1 OCTOBER 2020

Black text indicates nominations from the public and blue text indicates nominations from the Committee#

Assessment Australian Proposed for Item completion Distribution assessment as time Reptile species Liopholis montana (Mountain Skink) ACT, NSW, Vic Vulnerable 30 Oct 2021 Phyllurus kabikabi (Oakview Leaf-tailed Gecko) Qld Critically Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Frog species Litoria daviesae (Davie’s Tree Frog) NSW Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Philoria pughi (Pugh’s Frog) NSW Critically Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Philoria sphagnicola (Sphagnum Frog) NSW Critically Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Pseudophryne dendyi (Dendy’s Toadlet) ACT, NSW, Vic Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Fish species Galaxias sp. 17 'Cann' (Cann Galaxias) Vic Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Galaxias terenasus (Roundsnout Galaxias) NSW, Vic Critically Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Galaxias sp. nov. 'yalmy' (Yalmy Galaxias) Vic Critically Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Macquaria sp. nov. ‘hawkesbury taxon’ (Blue NSW Critically Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Mountains Perch) Mordacia praecox (Non-parasitic Lamprey) NSW, Qld, Vic Critically Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Nannoperca oxleyana (Oxleyan Pygmy Perch) NSW, Qld Critically Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Pristis pristis (Freshwater Sawfish) NT, Qld, WA Endangered 30 Oct 2022 Mammal species Notamacropus parma (Parma Wallaby) NSW Vulnerable 30 Oct 2021 ACT, NSW, Qld, Perameles nasuta (Long-nosed Bandicoot) Vulnerable 30 Oct 2021 Vic ACT, NSW, Qld, Petauroides volans (Greater Glider) Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Vic ACT, NSW, Qld, Petaurus australis (Yellow-bellied Glider) Endangered 30 Oct 2021 SA, Vic Phascolarctos cinereus (combined populations of ACT, NSW, Qld Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Qld, NSW and the ACT) (Koala) Potorous tridactylus tridactylus (Long-nosed NSW, Qld, SA, Vic Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Potoroo) Bird species Acanthiza lineata whitei (Kangaroo Island SA Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Striated Thornbill) Anthochaera chrysoptera halmaturina (Kangaroo SA Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Island Little Wattlebird) Calamanthus cautus halmaturinus (Kangaroo SA Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Island Shy Heathwren) Melithreptus brevirostris magnirostris (Kangaroo SA Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Island Brown-headed Honeyeater) Assessment Australian Proposed for Item completion Distribution assessment as time Nesoptilotis leucotis thomasi (Kangaroo Island SA Endangered 30 Oct 2021 White-eared Honeyeater) Platycercus elegans melanopterus (Kangaroo SA Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Island Crimson Rosella) Psophodes nigrogularis lashmari (Kangaroo SA Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Island Western Whipbird) Stagonopleura bella samueli (Beautiful Firetail) SA Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Stipiturus malachurus halmaturinus (Kangaroo SA Endangered 30 Oct 2021 Island Southern Emuwren) Other species, ecological communities and threatening processes Other species, ecological communities and threatening processes may be proposed by the Threatened Species Scientific Committee in additional prioritisation processes in December 2020 and April 2021 and finalised as priorities for assessment by the Minister. These may include: • species and ecological communities which were affected by the 2019/20 bushfires and require assessment or reassessment under the EPBC Act • species assessed by the states and territories consistent with the Intergovernmental 30 Apr 2022 memorandum of understanding - Agreement on a common assessment method for listing of threatened species and threatened ecological communities and provided to the Commonwealth for alignment of their listing status on Commonwealth, state and territory threatened species lists • Other species, ecological communities and threatening processes where exceptional circumstances require that the Committee commence an assessment under the EPBC Act prior to the 2021 assessment period.

Species and ecological communities added in the December 2020 prioritisation process

Assessment Australian Proposed for Item completion Distribution assessment as time Reptile species Anilios insperatus (Fassifern Blind Snake) Qld Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Lissolepis coventryi (Swamp Skink) NSW, Vic, SA Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Pseudemoia cryodroma (Alpine Bog Skink) NSW, Vic Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Invertebrate species Meridolum maryae (Maroubra Woodland Snail) NSW Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Moggridgea rainbowi (Kangaroo Island Micro- Kangaroo Island, Endangered 30 Apr 2022 trapdoor Spider) South Australia Zephyrarchaea austini (Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Island, Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Assassin Spider) South Australia Bird species Callocephalon fimbriatum (Gang-gang Cockatoo) NSW, ACT, Vic, Endangered 30 Apr 2022 SA Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus (Kangaroo SA Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Island Glossy Black-Cockato) Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami (South-eastern ACT, NSW, Qld, Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Glossy Black-Cockatoo) Vic Pycnoptilus floccosus (Pilotbird) NSW, ACT, Vic Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Zoothera lunulata halmaturina (Western Bassian SA Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Thrush)

2 Assessment Australian Proposed for Item completion Distribution assessment as time Mammal species Sminthopsis griseoventer aitkeni (Kangaroo SA Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Island Dunnart) Fish species Pseudomugil mellis (Honey Blue-eye) Qld Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Shark species Sphyrna lewini (Scalloped Hammerhead) NSW, NT, Qld, Endangered 30 Apr 2022 WA species Acacia castorum (Peak Range Wattle) Qld Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 hodgei (Coochin Hills Grevillea) Qld Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 (Carrington Falls Grevillea) NSW Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 subsp. scortechinii (Black Qld Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Grevillea) (Tumut Grevillea) NSW Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Hibbertia circinata NSW Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Homoranthus bruhlii NSW Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Homoranthus elusus NSW Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Leionema lamprophyllum subsp. fractum NSW Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Marsdenia araujacea Qld Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Pimelea bracteata NSW Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Prostanthera gilesii NSW Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Rhodamnia angustifolia (Narrow-leaved Qld Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Malletwood) Rhodamnia longisepala Qld Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Rhodamnia maideniana (Smooth Scrub NSW, Qld Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Turpentine) Solanum graniticum (Granite Nightshade) Qld Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Solanum orgadophilum (Capella Potato Bush) Qld Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Sporobolus pamelae Qld Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Zieria exsul (Banished Stink Bush) Qld Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Ecological Communities Araluen Scarp Grassy Forest of the South East NSW Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Corner Bioregion Ben Halls Sphagnum Moss Cool Temperate NSW Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Rainforest Brogo Wet Vine Forests of the South East Corner NSW, Vic Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Bioregion Eucalyptus dunnii moist forest in north-east NSW NSW, Qld Endangered 30 Apr 2022 and south-east Queensland ecological community Subtropical Coastal Floodplain Eucalypt Forest of NSW, Qld Endangered 30 Apr 2022 northern New South Wales and southern Queensland

3 Assessment Australian Proposed for Item completion Distribution assessment as time

Species and ecological communities added in the April 2021 prioritisation process

Assessment Proposed for Item Australian Distribution completion assessment as time Reptile species Ctenotus serotinus (Gravel Downs Ctenotus) Qld Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Invertebrate species Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper) ACT, NSW, Vic Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Plant species Acacia baueri subsp. aspera NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Acacia blayana NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Acacia constablei (Narrabarba Wattle) NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Acacia courtii (Northern Brother Wattle) NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Acacia gordonii NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Acacia lanigera var. gracilipes NSW, Vic TBA 30 Apr 2022 Andersonia axilliflora (Giant Andersonia) WA TBA 30 Apr 2022 Androcalva perkinsiana (Headland Qld Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Commersonia) Asperula tetraphylla (Broad-leaf Woodruff) SA TBA 30 Apr 2022 Astrotricha sp. Wingan Inlet (J.A.Jeanes 2268) Vic TBA 30 Apr 2022 (Wingan Star-hair) montana (Stirling Range Dryandra) WA TBA 30 Apr 2022 Bertya mollissima NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Bertya sp. Clouds Creek (M.Fatemi 4) NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Boronia anemonifolia subsp. wadbilligensis NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Boronia deanei (Deane's Boronia) NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Boronia inflexa subsp. torringtonensis NSW Critically Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Caladenia tessellata (Thick-lipped Spider-orchid, NSW, Vic TBA 30 Apr 2022 Daddy Long-legs) Callitris oblonga subsp. corangensis NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Cassinia theodorii (Kaputar Cassinia) NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Chiloglottis anaticeps NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Choretrum spicatum subsp. spicatum (Spiked SA TBA 30 Apr 2022 Sour-bush) Corokia whiteana NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Correa lawrenceana var. genoensis (Genoa NSW, Vic TBA 30 Apr 2022 River Correa) Darwinia collina (Yellow Mountain Bell) WA TBA 30 Apr 2022 Denhamia sp. (Junee Tableland T.J.McDonald Qld Endangered 30 Apr 2022 553) (Large-fruited Denhamia) Drosera gibsonii WA TBA 30 Apr 2022 Epacris sparsa NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Eucalyptus aquatica (Mountain Swamp Gum, NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Broad-leaved Sallee, Broad-leaved Sally)

4 Assessment Australian Proposed for Item completion Distribution assessment as time Eucalyptus forresterae (Brumby Sallee) NSW, Vic TBA 30 Apr 2022 Eucalyptus imlayensis (Imlay Mallee, Mount NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Imlay Mallee) Eucalyptus pachycalyx subsp. banyabba NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Eucalyptus paliformis (Wadbilliga Ash) NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Eucalyptus phoenix (Brumby Mallee-gum) Vic TBA 30 Apr 2022 Eucalyptus redimiculifera WA TBA 30 Apr 2022 Eucalyptus sp. Howes Swamp Creek (M.Doherty NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 26) Eucalyptus stenostoma (Jilliga Ash) NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Eucalyptus sturgissiana (Ettrema Mallee) NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Gentiana wissmannii (New England Gentian) NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Grevillea banyabba NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Grevillea burrowa (Burrowa Grevillea) Vic TBA 30 Apr 2022 Grevillea irrasa subsp. didymochiton NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 (Pine Mountain Grevillea) Vic TBA 30 Apr 2022 Grevillea rhizomatosa NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Hibbertia acaulothrix NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Hibbertia cistiflora subsp. quadristaminea NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Hibbertia marginata NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Hibbertia praemorsa NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Kardomia prominens NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Leionema coxii NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Leptospermum jingera Vic TBA 30 Apr 2022 Leptospermum subglabratum NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Leptospermum thompsonii (Monga Tea-tree) NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Lepyrodia valliculae SA TBA 30 Apr 2022 Macrozamia johnsonii NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Monotoca rotundifolia NSW, Vic TBA 30 Apr 2022 Nematolepis frondosa (Leafy Nematolepis) Vic TBA 30 Apr 2022 micranthera (Small-flowered WA TBA 30 Apr 2022 Snottygobble) Persoonia terminalis (Heath-leaved Geebung) NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Phebalium distans (Mt Berryman Phebalium) Qld Endangered 30 Apr 2022 Philotheca obovatifolia (Mountain Wax-flower) NSW, Qld TBA 30 Apr 2022 Philotheca papillata NSW Vulnerable 30 Apr 2022 Pomaderris gilmourii NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Pomaderris gilmourii var. cana (Grey Deua NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Pomaderris) Pultenaea baeuerlenii (Budawangs Bush-pea) NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Pultenaea rodwayi NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Rhodanthe sp. Point Lookout (J.J.Bruhl 2078) NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Styphelia perileuca NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022

5 Assessment Australian Proposed for Item completion Distribution assessment as time Styphelia psiloclada NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 (Gibraltar ) NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Veronica lithophila NSW TBA 30 Apr 2022 Viola improcera Vic TBA 30 Apr 2022 Xyris exilis (Stirling Range Xyris) WA TBA 30 Apr 2022 Ecological Communities Mount Kaputar high elevation and dry rainforest NSW Endangered 30 Apr 2022 fauna community in the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions Grey Box-Grey Gum Wet Sclerophyll Forest in NSW, Qld Endangered 30 Apr 2022 northern NSW and southern Queensland Key Threatening Processes No key threatening processes have been prioritised for assessment in 2020

# Under section 194G(3) of the EPBC Act, the Proposed Priority Assessment List may include items the Committee itself wishes to nominate along with nominations received from the public.

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