Species Technical Committee Assessment Report 1 November 2022

The Species Technical Committee (STC) met on 1 November 2022 to finalise assessments for 12 Queensland species. The STC recommended that the Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Youth Affairs change the following species’ conservation status under the Nature Conservation Act (1992).

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

Fauna

Species	Current wildlife status	Recommended wildlife status
Assa darlingtoni pouched frog	NCA – Least concern EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Austroablepharus barrylyoni Lyon’s soil-crevice skink	NCA – Least concern EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered
Dasyuroides byrnei kowari	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Harrisoniascincus zia rainforest cool-skink	NCA – Least concern EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Nannoperca oxleyana Oxleyan pygmy perch	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Endangered	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Neochmia phaeton evangelinae crimson finch (white-bellied subspecies)	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered	NCA – Least concern EPBC – Least concern
Pseudomys australis plains rat	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Vulnerable	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Wollumbinia belli Bell’s turtle	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered

Assessments that did not result in reclassification under the NCA

Species	Current wildlife status	Recommended wildlife status
Emydura subglobosa angkibaanyi Jardine River turtle	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered

Flora

Species	Current wildlife status	Recommended wildlife status
Borya inopinata	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Goodenia stirlingii	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Near threatened EPBC – Not listed
Hakea macrorrhyncha	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered

Nomenclature changes

Kingdom	Previous name	New name	Current Status
Flora	Archidendropsis xanthoxylon	Heliodendron xanthoxylon	Near threatened
Flora	Hibbertia sp. (Taravale J.E.Kemp+ 20074)	Hibbertia advena	Endangered
Flora	Xylosma sp. (Mt Lewis G. Sankowsky+ 1108)	Xylosma craynii	Vulnerable