Changes made to wildlife categories on 8 December 2023

The Species Technical Committee (STC) has assessed the status of 8 fauna species and 31 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 8 fauna species
• Reclassification of 31 flora species
• Nomenclature changes: flora
• Legend and aids to interpretation

Reclassification of 8 fauna species
(Schedule 1 - Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020

Class	Taxon	Common name	Former Qld status	New Qld status
Amphibia	Cophixalus saxatilis	Black Mountain boulderfrog	Vulnerable	Least concern
	Cophixalus zweifeli	Cape Melville boulderfrog	Vulnerable	Least concern
	Philoria knowlesi	Mount Ballow mountain frog	Not listed	Endangered
	Rheobatrachus vitellinus	northern gastric brooding frog	Endangered	Extinct
Insecta	Nacaduba pactolus cela	bold blue-line	Vulnerable	Least concern
Petromyzonti	Mordacia praecox	non-parasitic lamprey	Not listed	Endangered
Reptilia	Phyllurus caudiannulatus	ringed thin-tailed gecko	Vulnerable	Endangered
	Rheodytes leukops	Fitzroy River turtle	Vulnerable	Endangered

Reclassification of 31 flora species
(Schedule 1 - Nature Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020)

Taxon	Former Qld status	New Qld status
Acacia parvifoliolata	Least concern	Endangered
Acacia pedleyi	Vulnerable	Endangered
Actephila bella	Vulnerable	Endangered
Amomum queenslandicum	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Argophyllum curtum	Least concern	Near threatened
Argophyllum ferrugineum	Least concern	Endangered
Argophyllum heterodontum	Least concern	Near threatened
Argophyllum iridescens	Least concern	Vulnerable
Argophyllum palumense	Least concern	Endangered
Bubbia queenslandiana subsp. queenslandiana	Near threatened	Endangered
Calyptochloa johnsoniana	Least concern	Critically endangered
Coleus fragrantissimus	Least concern	Critically endangered
Dioclea hexandra	Vulnerable	Endangered
Euodia hylandii	Vulnerable	Near threatened
Freycinetia marginata	Vulnerable	Endangered
Goodenia nocoleche	Near threatened	Vulnerable
Goodenia stirlingii	Near threatened	Vulnerable
Gossia hillii	Least concern	Critically endangered
Gymnema stramineum	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Hibbertia cymosa	Vulnerable	Near threatened
Kardomia granitica	Endangered	Vulnerable
Kardomia squarrulosa	Vulnerable	Near threatened
Lepisanthes senegalensis	Endangered	Vulnerable
Leptospermum barneyense	Vulnerable	Endangered
Lissanthe brevistyla	Vulnerable	Endangered
Mallotus megadontus	Vulnerable	Endangered
Parsonsia sankowskyana	Endangered	Critically endangered
Parsonsia wongabelensis	Endangered	Critically endangered
Romnalda ophiopogonoides	Vulnerable	Endangered
Sannantha brachypoda	Vulnerable	Near threatened
Symplocos crassiramifera	Vulnerable	Endangered

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

Current scientific name	QLD status	New scientific name
Anacolosa papuana	NT	Anacolosa australis
Leptospermum luehmannii	V	Aggreflorum luehmannii
Leptospermum pallidum	NT	Aggreflorum pallidum
Leptospermum venustum	V	Gaudium venustum
Hypserpa polyandra	V	Hypserpa polyandra var. polyandra