Changes made to wildlife categories on 30 June 2023

The Species Technical Committee (STC) has assessed the status of 11 fauna species and 15 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 11 fauna species
• Reclassification of 15 flora species
• Nomenclature changes: flora
• Legend and aids to interpretation

Reclassification of 11 fauna species
(Schedule 1 - Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020)

Class	Taxon	Common name	Former Qld status	New Qld status
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)	Nannoperca oxleyana	Oxleyan pygmy perch	Vulnerable	Endangered
Amphibia	Assa darlingtoni	pouched frog	Least concern	Vulnerable
Aves	Neochmia phaeton evangelinae	crimson finch (white-bellied subspecies)	Endangered	Least concern
Invertebrates	Euastacus suttoni	Sutton’s crayfish	Not listed	Endangered
Mammalia	Chalinolobus dwyeri	large-eared pied bat	Vulnerable	Endangered
	Dasyuroides byrnei	kowari	Vulnerable	Endangered
	Pseudomys australis	plains rat	Endangered	Vulnerable
Reptilia	Austroablepharus barrylyoni	Lyon’s soil-crevice skink	Least concern	Critically endangered
	Cryptophis incredibilis	pink snake	Vulnerable	Least concern
	Harrisoniascincus zia	rainforest cool-skink	Least concern	Vulnerable
	Wollumbinia belli	Bell’s turtle	Vulnerable	Endangered

Reclassification of 15 flora species
(Schedule 1 - Nature Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020)

Taxon	Former Qld status	New Qld status
Acacia guymeri	Vulnerable	Near threatened
Acacia lumholtzii	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Acacia solenota	Vulnerable	Endangered
Argophyllum cryptophlebum	Vulnerable	Near threatened
Auranticarpa edentata	Least concern	Endangered
Borya inopinata	Critically endangered	Vulnerable
Bubbia whiteana	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Coleus acariformis	Critically endangered	Endangered
Euodia pubifolia	Vulnerable	Endangered
Goodenia nocoleche	Least concern	Near threatened
Goodenia stirlingii	Vulnerable	Near threatened
Hakea macrorrhyncha	Vulnerable	Endangered
Melaleuca uxorum	Endangered	Critically endangered
Mitrantia bilocularis	Endangered	Critically endangered
Pimelea leptospermoides subsp.leptospermoides	Near threatened	Vulnerable

Nomenclature changes
(Schedule 1 - Nature Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020)

Current scientific name	QLD status	New scientific name
Archidendropsis xanthoxylon	NT	Heliodendron xanthoxylon
Hibbertia sp. (Taravale J.E.Kemp+ 20074)	E	Hibbertia advena
Notelaea ipsviciensis	CE	Notelaea x ipsviciensis
Xylosma sp. (Mt Lewis G. Sankowsky+ 1108)	V	Xylosma craynii