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Nature conservation > Wildlife > Threatened plants and animals > Vulnerable

Vulnerable animals

Amphibians (10)

Common name Scientific name
Boulder nursery frog Cophixalus saxatilis
Cape Melville nursery frog Cophixalus zweifeli
Cape Melville tree frog Litoria andiirmalin
Freycinet's frog Litoria freycineti
Glandular tree frog Litoria subglandulosa
Magnificent brood frog Pseudophryne covacevichae
Tangarine nursery frog Cophixalus neglectus
Tusked frog Adelotus brevis
Wallum froglet Crinia tinnula
Wallum sedgefrog Litoria olongburensis

Birds (24)

Common name Scientific name
Beach stone-curlew Esacus neglectus
Black-breasted button-quail Turnix melanogaster
Black-throated finch (southern subspecies) Poephila cincta cincta
Buff-breasted button-quail Turnix olivii
Crimson finch (white-bellied subspecies) Neochmia phaeton evangelinae
Double-eyed fig-parrot (Macleay’s) Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana
Eclectus parrot (Australian subspecies) Eclectus roratus macgillivrayi
Glossy black-cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami
Ground parrot Pezoporus wallicus
Rufous scrub-bird Atrichornis rufescens
Major Mitchell’s cockatoo (pink cockatoo) Cacatua leadbeateri
Marbled frogmouth Podargus ocellatus plumiferus
Masked owl (northern subspecies) Tyto novaehollandiae kimberlyi
Northern giant petrel Macronectus halli
Painted snipe Rostratula benghalensis
Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus
Powerful owl Ninox strenua
Purple-crowned fairy-wren Malurus coronatus
Red-tailed tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
Rufous owl (southern subspecies) Ninox rufa queenslandica
Southern cassowary (northern population) Casuarius casuarius
Southern emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus
Squatter pigeon (southern subspecies) Geophaps scripta scripta
Yellow chat Epthianura crocea

Butterflies (5)

Common name Scientific name
Apollo jewel butterfly Hypochrysops apollo apollo
Bold blue-line butterfly Nacaduba pactolus cela
Illidge’s ant-blue butterfly Acrodipsas illidgei
Imperial hairstreak (northern subspecies) Jalmenus evagoras eubulus
Richmond birdwing butterfly Ornithoptera richmondia

Fish (2)

Common name Scientific name
Honey blue-eye Pseudomugil mellis

Oxleyan pygmy perch

Nannoperca oxleyana

Mammals (23)

Common name Scientific name
Black-footed rock-wallaby (purple-necked subspecies) Petrogale lateralis purpureicollis
Brush-tailed rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata
Coastal sheathtail-bat Taphozous australis
Dugong Dugong dugon
Eastern long-eared bat Nyctophilus timoriensis
False water-rat Xeromys myoides
Fawn leafnosed-bat Hipposideros cervinus
Ghost bat Macroderma gigas
Hastings River mouse Pseudomys oralis
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Koala (southeast Queensland bioregion) Phascolarctos cinereus
Kowari Dasyuroides byrnei
Large-eared flying-fox Pteropus macrotis epularis
Long-nosed potaroo Potorous tridactylus
Sub-Antarctic fur seal Artocephalus tropicalis
Mulgara Dasycercus cristicauda
Northern hopping-mouse Notomys aquilo
Northern leafnosed-bat Hipposideros stenotis
Orange leafnosed-bat Rhinonicteris aurantius
Spotted-tailed quoll (southern subspecies) Dasyurus maculatus maculatus
Torresian flying-fox Pteropus sp. nov. (A.N.W.C. CM5012; Richards and Hall 1994)
Tube-nosed insect bat Murina florium
Yellow-bellied glider (northern subspecies) Petaurus australis reginae

Reptiles (13)

Common name Scientific name
Brigalow scaly-foot Paradelma orientalis
Collared delma Delma torquata
Dunmall’s snake Furina dunmalli
Estuarine crocodile Crocodylus porosus
Fitzroy turtle Rheodytes leukops
Flatback turtle Natator depressus
Green turtle Chelonia mydas
Gulf snapping turtle Elseya lavarackorum
Hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata
Mount Cooper striped lerista Lerista vittata
Ornamental snake Denisonia maculata
Striped tailed delma Delma labialis
Yakka skink Egernia rugosa

Last updated: 05 October 2007