Species Technical Committee Assessment Report 1 June 2023

The Species Technical Committee (STC) met on 1 June 2023 to finalise assessments for 17 Queensland species. The STC recommended that the Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Minister for Science and Minister for Multicultural Affairs change the following species’ conservation status under the Nature Conservation Act (1992).

Fauna

Species	Current wildlife status	Recommended wildlife status
Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus Daintree rainbowfish	NCA – Not listed EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered
Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides Cairns rainbowfish	NCA – Not listed EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Mordacia praecox non-parasitic lamprey	NCA – Not listed EPBC – Endangered	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Nacaduba pactolus cela bold blue-line	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Least concern EPBC – Least concern
Phyllurus caudiannulatus ringed thin-tailed gecko	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Rheobatrachus vitellinus northern gastric brooding frog	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Extinct	NCA – Extinct EPBC – Extinct

Assessments that did not result in reclassification under the NCA
Adclarkia dawsonensis boggomoss snail	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Critically endangered	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Petrogale penicillate brush-tailed rock-wallaby	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable

Flora

Species	Current wildlife status	Recommended wildlife status
Acacia parvifoliolata	NCA – Least concern EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Argophyllum curtum	NCA – Least concern EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Near threatened EPBC – Near threatened
Argophyllum heterodontum	NCA – Least concern EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Near threatened EPBC – Near threatened
Argophyllum iridescens	NCA – Least concern EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Argophyllum palumense	NCA – Least concern EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Coleus fragrantissimus	NCA – Least concern EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered
Goodenia nocoleche	NCA – Near threatened EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC –Vulnerable
Goodenia stirlingii	NCA – Near threatened EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Gossia hillii	NCA – Least concern EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered
Parsonsia sankowskyana	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered
Sannantha brachypoda	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Near threatened EPBC – Near threatened

Assessments that did not result in reclassification under the NCA
Acacia argyrotricha	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Acacia tingoorensis	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Astonia australiensis	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Cryptocarya glaucocarpa	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Cupaniopsis cooperorum	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Hemmantia webbii	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Parsonsia kroombitensis	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Parsonsia wildensis	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Sphaerantia discolor Waterhousea mulgraveana	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Waterhousea mulgraveana	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable

STC = Queensland Government Species Technical Committee

NCA = Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992

EPBC = Commonwealth Government Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999