Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain sand lake—Perched

Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain sand lake—Perched – Fauna

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These wetland habitat types typically have low densities of aquatic animal populations due to the very low nutrients available. Some of the fauna associated with this habitat include the following:

Birds

Low bird population density, because of the typically low nutrient, low flora density and low fish numbers.

Fish

• Oxleyan pygmy perch Nannoperca oxleyana
• honey blue eye Pseudomugil mellis
• ornate rainbowfish Rhadinocentrus ornatus
• poreless gudgeon Oxyeleotris nullipora
• onegill eel Ophisternon bengalense
• northern purplespotted gudgeon Mogurnda mogurnda

Amphibians

• wallum froglet Crinia tinnula
• Cooloola sedgefrog Litoria cooloolensis
• wallum rocketfrog Litoria freycineti
• wallum sedgefrog Litoria olongburensis
• northern sedgefrog Litoria bicolor
• shrill whistlefrog Austrochaperina gracilipes
• tawny rocketfrog Litoria nigrofrenata

Reptiles

• Fraser Island short-neck turtle Emydura macquarii nigra
• estuarine crocodile Crocodylus porosus

Microcrustaceans

• Calamoecia tasmanica
• Calamoecia ultima

Insects

• Order Hemiptera
• Order Odonata
• Order Coleoptera
• Order Chironomidae

Last updated: 22 March 2013