Changes made to wildlife categories on 25 November 2022

The Species Technical Committee (STC) has assessed the status of 26 fauna species and 11 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 26 fauna species
• Reclassification of 11 flora species
• Nomenclature changes: fauna
• Nomenclature changes: flora
• Legend and aids to interpretation

Reclassification of 26 fauna species (Schedule 1 – Nature Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020)

Class	Taxon	Common name	Former Qld status	New Qld status
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)	Melanotaenia sp. nov. ‘Malanda’	Malanda rainbowfish	Not listed	Critically endangered
	Melanotaenia sp. nov. ‘Running River’	Running River rainbowfish	Not listed	Critically endangered
	Pseudomugil mellis	honey blue eye	Vulnerable	Endangered
Aves	Aphelocephala leucopsis	southern whiteface	Least concern	Vulnerable
	Ardenna grisea	sooty shearwater	Least concern	Vulnerable
	Climacteris picumnus victoriae	brown treecreeper (south-eastern)	Least concern	Vulnerable
	Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni	Coxen’s fig-parrot	Endangered	Critically endangered
	Lophochroa leadbeateri leadbeateri	Major Mitchell’s cockatoo (eastern)	Vulnerable	Endangered
	Melanodryas cucullata cucullata	hooded robin (south-eastern)	Least concern	Endangered
	Neophema chrysostoma	blue-winged parrot	Least concern	Vulnerable
	Stagonopleura guttata	diamond firetail	Least concern	Vulnerable
	Turnix olivii	buff-breasted button-quail	Endangered	Critically endangered
Invertebrates	Euastacus dalagarbe	mud gully crayfish	Not listed	Critically endangered
	Euastacus sulcatus	Lamington spiny crayfish	Not listed	Least concern
Mammalia	Hemibelideus lemuroides	lemuroid ringtail possum	Least concern	Critically endangered
Reptilia	Lerista alia Previously recognised as Lerista storri under regulation	Bulleringa fine-lined slider	Vulnerable	Least concern
	Lerista ameles	limbless fine-lined slider	Vulnerable	Near threatened
	Lerista colliveri	nubbined fine-lined slider	Least concern	Endangered
	Lerista hobsoni	Hobson’s fine-lined slider	Least concern	Near threatened
	Lerista parameles Previously recognised as Lerista storri under regulation	Chillagoe fine-lined slider	Vulnerable	Least concern
	Lerista rochfordensis	Rochford slider	Least concern	Endangered
	Lerista storri	Mount Surprise fine-lined slider	Vulnerable	Least concern
	Lerista vittata	Mount Cooper slider	Vulnerable	Endangered
	Tiliqua scincoides intermedia	northern blue-tongued lizard	Least concern	Critically endangered
	Varanus mertensi	Mertens’ water monitor	Least concern	Endangered
	Varanus mitchelli	Mitchell’s water monitor	Least concern	Critically endangered

Reclassification of 11 lora species (Schedule 1 – Nature Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020)

Taxon	Former Qld status	New Qld status
Acacia castorum	Critically endangered	Vulnerable
Coleus minutus	Critically endangered	Near threatened
Digitaria basaltica	Least concern	Critically endangered
Digitaria veldkampiana	Least concern	Critically endangered
Diuris curta	Least concern	Endangered
Dolichocarpa spathulata	Endangered	Vulnerable
Eremophila tetraptera	Vulnerable	Near threatened
Homoranthus vagans	Critically endangered	Vulnerable
Kunzea calida	Critically endangered	Vulnerable
Myriophyllum artesium	Endangered	Least concern
Philotheca obovatifolia	Least concern	Vulnerable

Nomenclature changes (Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020)

Current scientific name	Qld status	New scientific name
Sminthopsis leucopus	V	Sminthopsis leucopus janetzkiae
Lophochroa leadbeateri, Major Mitchell’s cockatoo	E	Lophochroa leadbeateri leadbeateri, Major Mitchell’s cockatoo (eastern)
Melanodryas cucullata, hooded robin	E	Melanodryas cucullata cucullata, hooded robin (south-eastern)

Nomenclature changes (Nature Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020)

Current scientific name	Qld status	New scientific name
Leionema elatius subsp. beckleri	E	Leionema beckleri
Mesua larnachiana	V	Kayea larnachiana
Rhaponticum australe	V	Leuzea australis

Legend and aids to interpretation

Reference	Aid to interpretation
Extinct in the wild (X)	See decision criteria
Endangered (E)	See decision criteria
Critically endangered (CE)	See decision criteria
Vulnerable (V)	See decision criteria
Near threatened (NT)	See decision criteria
Least concern (LC)	See decision criteria