Changes made to wildlife categories on 22 August 2020

The Species Technical Committee (STC) has assessed the status of 31 fauna species and 87 flora species in accordance with the requirements of the Nature Conservation Act 1992 as well as best practice international species reclassification guidelines (see tables below).

• Reclassification of 31 fauna species
• Reclassification of 87 flora species
• Legend and aids to interpretation

Reclassification of 31 fauna species

Taxon	Common name	Former Qld status	New Qld status
Anilios insperatus	Fassifern blind snake	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Anthochaera phrygia	regent honeyeater	Endangered	Critically endangered
Bettongia gaimardi gaimardi	eastern bettong	Extinct in the wild	Extinct
Bettongia lesueur graii	burrowing bettong	Extinct in the wild	Extinct
Calidris ferruginea	curlew sandpiper	Endangered	Critically endangered
Calidris tenuirostris	great knot	Endangered	Critically endangered
Concinnia frerei	Bartle Frere bar-sided skink	Vulnerable	Endangered
Cophixalus concinnus	elegant frog	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Cophixalus hosmeri	rattling nursery frog	Near threatened	Critically endangered
Cophixalus mcdonaldi	Mount Elliot nursery frog	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Cophixalus monticola	mountain-top nursery frog	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Cophixalus neglectus	neglected nursery frog	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Cryptoblepharus fuhni	Fuhn's snake-eyed skink	Vulnerable	Least concern
Ctenotus serotinus	gravel-downs ctenotus	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Elseya albagula	white-throated snapping turtle	Endangered	Critically endangered
Euastacus bindal	Mount Elliot crayfish	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Euastacus jagara	Jagara hairy crayfish	Least concern	Critically endangered
Hippocampus whitei	White’s seahorse	Least concern	Endangered
Hypochrysops piceatus	bulloak jewel butterfly	Endangered	Critically endangered
Litoria dayi	lace-eyed treefrog	Endangered	Vulnerable
Litoria kroombitensis	Kroombit treefrog	Endangered	Critically endangered
Litoria lorica	armoured mist frog	Endangered	Critically endangered
Litoria myola	Kuranda treefrog	Endangered	Critically endangered
Litoria nyakalensis	mountain mist frog	Endangered	Critically endangered
Nangura spinosa	Nangur skink	Endangered	Critically endangered
Pedionomus torquatus	plains-wanderer	Endangered	Critically endangered
Petaurus australis (Wet Tropics subspecies)	yellow-bellied glider (Wet Tropics)	Vulnerable	Endangered
Phyllurus gulbaru	Gulbaru gecko	Endangered	Critically endangered
Phyllurus kabikabi	Oakview leaf-tailed gecko	Endangered	Critically endangered
Pterodroma heraldica	Herald petrel	Endangered	Critically endangered
Taudactylus pleione	Kroombit tinkerfrog	Endangered	Critically endangered

Reclassification of 87 flora species

Taxon	Former Qld status	New Qld status
Acacia castorum	Least concern	Critically endangered
Acacia deuteroneura	Endangered	Critically endangered
Acacia forsteri	Least concern	Critically endangered
Amblovenatum immersum	Endangered	Critically endangered
Amblovenatum tildeniae	Least concern	Critically endangered
Apatophyllum flavovirens	Endangered	Critically endangered
Backhousia tetraptera	Least concern	Critically endangered
Boronia grimshawii	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Borya inopinata	Endangered	Critically endangered
Brachychiton guymeri	Endangered	Critically endangered
Brachychiton sp. Ormeau (L.H.Bird AQ435851)	Endangered	Critically endangered
Bruguiera hainesii	Least concern	Critically endangered
Coleus acariformis	Least concern	Critically endangered
Coleus insularis	Least concern	Critically endangered
Coleus minutus	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Commersonia beeronensis	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Commersonia inglewoodensis	Endangered	Critically endangered
Commersonia leiperi	Vulnerable	Endangered
Commersonia pearnii	Endangered	Critically endangered
Commersoniaperkinsinia	Endangered	Critically endangered
Croton lucens	Least concern	Critically endangered
Croton mamillatus	Endangered	Critically endangered
Croton simulans	Least concern	Vulnerable
Decaspermum struckoilicum	Endangered	Critically endangered
Denhamia megacarpa	Least concern	Endangered
Emmenosperma pancherianum	Least concern	Critically endangered
Eucalyptus dalveenica	Least concern	Critically endangered
Eucalyptus farinosa	Least concern	Endangered
Eucalyptus nudicaulis	Vulnerable	Endangered
Eucalyptus taurina	Vulnerable	Endangered
Eucryphia wilkiei	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Garcinia russellii	Least concern	Critically endangered
Gaultheria viridicarpa	Least concern	endangered
Grevillea hodgei	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Grevillea scortechinii	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Hibbertia sp. (Taravale J.E.Kemp+ 20074)	Least concern	Endangered
Hollandaea porphyrocarpa	Least concern	Critically endangered
Homoranthus brevistylis	Least concern	Critically endangered
Homoranthus coracinus	Least concern	Critically endangered
Homoranthus cummingii	Least concern	Critically endangered
Homoranthus inopinatus	Least concern	Critically endangered
Homoranthus montanus	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Homoranthus papillatus	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Homoranthus tricolor	Endangered	Critically endangered
Homoranthus vagans	Least concern	Critically endangered
Homoranthus zeteticorum	Vulnerable	Endangered
Hymenophyllum whitei	Extinct in the wild	Critically endangered
Isachne sharpii	Least concern	Endangered
kunzea calida	Endangered	Critically endangered
Lenwebbia sp. Main Range (P.R.Sharpe+ 4877)	Least concern	Critically endangered
Lindsaea pulchella var. blanda	Extinct in the wild	Removed from QLD legislation
Marsdenia araujacea	Extinct in the wild	Critically endangered
Mitrantia bilocularis	Vulnerable	Endangered
Notelaea ipsviciensis	Endangered	Critically endangered
Oberonia attenuata	Endangered	Critically endangered
Phlegmariurus creber	Endangered	Critically endangered
Phlegmariurus dalhousieanus	Endangered	Critically endangered
Phlegmariurus squarrosus	Endangered	Critically endangered
Pimelea approximans	Least concern	Endangered
Pimelea fugiens	Least concern	Critically endangered
Pimelea leptospermoides subsp. bowmanii	Near threatened	Critically endangered
Prostanthera albohirta	Endangered	Critically endangered
Prostanthera athertonia	Least concern	Critically endangered
Prostanthera mulliganensis	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Prostanthera tozerana	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Rhodamnia angustifolia	Endangered	Critically endangered
Rhodamnia longisepala	Endangered	Critically endangered
Rhodamnia maideniana	Least concern	Critically endangered
Rhodamnia rubescens	Endangered	Critically endangered
Rhodomyrtus psidioides	Endangered	Critically endangered
Solanum orgadophilum	Endangered	Critically endangered
Syzygium fratris	Least concern	Critically endangered
Trioncinia patens	Endangered	Critically endangered
Ziera exsul	Endangered	Critically endangered
Zieria actites	Endangered	Critically endangered
Zieria alata	Least concern	Critically endangered
Zieria boolbunda	Least concern	Critically endangered
Zieria cephalophila	Least concern	Critically endangered
Zieria eungellaensis	Least concern	Critically endangered
Zieria fordii	Least concern	Critically endangered
Zieria furfuracea subsp. gymnocarpa	Endangered	Critically endangered
Zieria hydroscopica	Least concern	Critically endangered
Zieria madida	Least concern	Critically endangered
Zieria montana	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Zieria scopulus	Least concern	Critically endangered
Zieria vagans	Endangered	Critically endangered
Zieria wilhelminae	Least concern	Critically endangered

Legend and aids to interpretation

Reference	Aid to interpretation
Extinct in the wild (X)	See decision criteria
Endangered (E)	See decision criteria
Critically endangered (CE)	See decision criteria
Vulnerable (V)	See decision criteria
Near threatened (NT)	See decision criteria
Least concern (LC)	See decision criteria