Species Technical Committee Assessment Report 20 February 2024

The Species Technical Committee (STC) met on 20 February 2024 to finalise assessments for 43 Queensland species. The STC recommended that the Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Innovation change the following species’ conservation status under the Nature Conservation Act (1992).

In addition, there are eight nomenclature changes to species names.

Fauna
SpeciesCurrent wildlife statusRecommended wildlife status

Centroberyx affinis

redfish

NCA – Not listed

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Critically endangered

EPBC – Critically endangered

Emoia atrocostata australis

littoral whip-tail skink

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Least concern

EPBC – Not listed

Euastacus balanensis

freshwater Euastacus

NCA – Not listed

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

Euastacus fleckeri

Flecker's crayfish

NCA – Not listed

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

Euastacus urospinosus

Maleny crayfish

NCA – Not listed

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

Euastacus yigara

Cardwell crayfish

NCA – Not listed

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Critically endangered

EPBC – Critically endangered

Pezoporus occidentalis

night parrot

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

NCA – Critically endangered

EPBC – Critically endangered

Assessments that did not result in reclassification under the NCA
SpeciesCurrent wildlife statusRecommended wildlife status

Hemibelideus lemuroides

lemuroid ringtail possum

NCA – Critically endangered

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Critically endangered

EPBC – Critically endangered

Philoria knowlesi

Mt Ballow mountain frog

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

Flora
SpeciesCurrent wildlife statusRecommended wildlife status

Acacia grandifolia

NCA – Least concern

EPBC – Vulnerable

NCA – Near threatened

EPBC – Vulnerable

Allocasuarina rigida subsp. exsul

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Critically endangered

EPBC – Critically endangered

Austromuellera valida

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Critically endangered

EPBC – Critically endangered

Ceratopetalum corymbosum

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Critically endangered

EPBC – Critically endangered

Cinnamomum propinquum

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Critically endangered

EPBC – Critically endangered

Croton magneticus

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

Dendrobium malbrownii

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Near threatened

EPBC – Not listed

Dracophyllum sayeri

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

Elaeocarpus carbinensis

NCA – Least concern

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Critically endangered

EPBC – Critically endangered

Elaeocarpus thelmae

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

Embelia flueckigeri

NCA – Extinct in the wild

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Critically endangered

EPBC – Critically endangered

Helicia grayi

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

Helicia lewisensis

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

Hymenophyllum digitatum

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

Kayea larnachiana

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

Litsea granitica

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

Micromyrtus patula

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Vulnerable

Olearia hygrophila

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

NCA – Critically endangered

EPBC – Critically endangered

Parapolystichum grayi

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Critically endangered

EPBC – Critically endangered

Styphelia malayana subsp. novoguineensis

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Critically endangered

EPBC – Critically endangered

Wodyetia bifurcata

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Near threatened

EPBC – Not listed

Xylosma craynii

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Critically endangered

EPBC – Critically endangered

Assessments that did not result in reclassification under the NCA
SpeciesCurrent wildlife statusRecommended wildlife status

Acalypha lyonsii

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Vulnerable

Bertya opponens

NCA – Least concern

EPBC – Vulnerable

NCA – Least concern

EPBC – Vulnerable

Croton choristadenius

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC –Vulnerable

Croton stockeri

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC –Vulnerable

Dallwatsonia felliana

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

Dansiea grandiflora

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Vulnerable

Kardomia silvestris

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

Scrotochloa tararaensis

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Vulnerable

Scrotochloa urceolata

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Vulnerable

Hymenophyllum gracilescens

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Vulnerable

Phyllanthera grayi

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Vulnerable

EPBC – Vulnerable

Vittadinia decora

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Not listed

NCA – Endangered

EPBC – Endangered

Nomenclature changes
KingdomPrevious nameNew nameCurrent status

Fauna

Petauroides minor

Petauroides volans minor

northern greater glider

Vulnerable

Fauna

Petauroides volans (southern and central populations)

Petauroides volans volans

southern greater glider

Endangered

Flora

Corymbia leptoloma

Blakella leptoloma

Vulnerable

Flora

Corymbia petalophylla

Blakella petalophylla

Vulnerable

Flora

Corymbia scabrida

Blakella scabrida

Near threatened

Flora

Crepidium fimbriatum

Dienia fimbriata

Vulnerable

Flora

Crepidium flavovirens

Dienia flavovirens

Vulnerable

Flora

Crepidium lawleri

Dienia lawleri

Endangered

Legend
Abbreviation Explanation
STCQueensland Government Species Technical Committee
NCAQueensland Nature Conservation Act 1992
EPBCCommonwealth Government Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999