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Wildlife of Laura Sandstone DIWA nationally important wetland

Total number of species: 262

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Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
animals mammals Macropodidae Notamacropus agilis agile wallaby C QAI
animals birds Estrildidae Chloebia gouldiae Gouldian finch E E QA
animals birds Petroicidae Microeca flavigaster lemon-bellied flycatcher C QAI
animals birds Monarchidae Grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark C QAI
animals birds Monarchidae Myiagra rubecula leaden flycatcher C QAI
animals birds Corvidae Corvus orru Torresian crow C QAI
animals birds Dicruridae Dicrurus bracteatus spangled drongo C QAI
animals birds Artamidae Cracticus mentalis black-backed butcherbird C QAI
animals birds Artamidae Strepera graculina pied currawong C QA
animals birds Campephagidae Coracina papuensis white-bellied cuckoo-shrike C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Cissomela pectoralis banded honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Entomyzon cyanotis blue-faced honeyeater C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Meliphaga lewinii Lewin's honeyeater C QA
animals birds Meliphagidae Melithreptus albogularis white-throated honeyeater C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Myzomela obscura dusky honeyeater C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Philemon citreogularis little friarbird C QAI
animals birds Meliphagidae Stomiopera flava yellow honeyeater C Q
animals birds Meliphagidae Trichodere cockerelli white-streaked honeyeater C Q
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone magnirostris large-billed gerygone C QAI
animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone olivacea white-throated gerygone C QAI
animals birds Maluridae Malurus melanocephalus red-backed fairy-wren C QA
animals birds Ptilonorhynchidae Chlamydera nuchalis great bowerbird C QA
animals birds Alcedinidae Dacelo leachii blue-winged kookaburra C QAI
animals birds Alcedinidae Dacelo novaeguineae laughing kookaburra C QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Aprosmictus erythropterus red-winged parrot C QAI
animals birds Psittaculidae Platycercus adscitus pale-headed rosella C QA
animals birds Psittaculidae Trichoglossus moluccanus rainbow lorikeet C QA
animals birds Cacatuidae Cacatua galerita sulphur-crested cockatoo C QAI
animals birds Cacatuidae Calyptorhynchus banksii red-tailed black-cockatoo C QA
animals birds Apodidae Aerodramus terraereginae Australian swiftlet C QA
animals birds Columbidae Geopelia humeralis bar-shouldered dove C QAI
animals birds Columbidae Geopelia placida peaceful dove C QAI
animals reptiles Scincidae Carlia dogare sandy rainbow-skink C Q
animals reptiles Scincidae Carlia jarnoldae lined rainbow-skink C Q
animals reptiles Scincidae Carlia schmeltzii robust rainbow-skink C Q
animals reptiles Scincidae Lygisaurus malleolus firedart litter-skink C Q
animals reptiles Diplodactylidae Amalosia queenslandia Queensland zigzag gecko C Q
animals reptiles Diplodactylidae Oedura castelnaui northern velvet gecko C Q
animals reptiles Diplodactylidae Oedura coggeri northern spotted velvet gecko C Q
animals reptiles Diplodactylidae Oedura jowalbinna Quinkan velvet gecko C Q
animals reptiles Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA
animals amphibians Ranidae Papurana daemeli Australian woodfrog C QAI I
plants land plants Acanthaceae Pseuderanthemum variabile pastel flower C NTQ
plants land plants Anacardiaceae Blepharocarya involucrigera C NTQ
plants land plants Annonaceae Huberantha nitidissima C NTQ
plants land plants Araliaceae Astrotricha pterocarpa C NTQ
plants land plants Araliaceae Heptapleurum actinophyllum C NNQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Apowollastonia longipes C NTQ
plants land plants Asteraceae Pleurocarpaea denticulata C NTQ
plants land plants Bignoniaceae Deplanchea tetraphylla C NTQ
plants land plants Bixaceae Cochlospermum gillivraei C NTQ
plants land plants Blechnaceae Blechnum orientale SL NTQ
plants land plants Blechnaceae Stenochlaena palustris climbing swamp fern SL NTQ
plants land plants Burseraceae Canarium australianum var. australianum C NTQ
plants land plants Caryophyllaceae Polycarpaea spirostylis subsp. densiflora C NTQ
plants land plants Caryophyllaceae Polycarpaea spirostylis subsp. spirostylis C NTQ
plants land plants Centrolepidaceae Centrolepis banksii C NTQ
plants land plants Colchicaceae Iphigenia indica C NTQ
plants land plants Commelinaceae Aneilema siliculosum C NTQ
plants land plants Commelinaceae Cartonema baileyi C NTQ
plants land plants Commelinaceae Cartonema spicatum C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Evolvulus alsinoides var. decumbens C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea diversifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea gracilis C NTQ
plants land plants Cucurbitaceae Cucumis althaeoides C NTQ
plants land plants Cupressaceae Callitris intratropica coast cypress pine C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Arthrostylis aphylla C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Bulbostylis barbata C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus castaneus C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus multispiceus C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus pulchellus C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus trinervis C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Diplacrum pygmaeum C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis acicularis C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis pterigosperma C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis recta C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Fuirena incrassata C NTQ I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Gahnia sieberiana sword grass C NTQ I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Rhynchospora heterochaeta C NTQ I
plants land plants Cyperaceae Schoenus sparteus C NTQ
plants land plants Cyperaceae Scleria psammitica C NTQ
plants land plants Davalliaceae Davallia denticulata C NTQ
plants land plants Dennstaedtiaceae Pteridium aquilinum subsp. wightianum C NTQ
plants land plants Dilleniaceae Hibbertia
plants land plants Dilleniaceae Hibbertia arachnoidea C NTQ
plants land plants Dilleniaceae Hibbertia echiifolia subsp. echiifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Dilleniaceae Hibbertia laurana C NTQ
plants land plants Dilleniaceae Hibbertia longifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Dilleniaceae Hibbertia mulligana C NTQ
plants land plants Ericaceae Styphelia ruscifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Eriocaulaceae Eriocaulon cinereum C NTQ I
plants land plants Eriocaulaceae Eriocaulon willdenovianum C NTQ I
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Microstachys chamaelea C NTQ
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Shonia tristigma subsp. borealis C NTQ
plants land plants Euphorbiaceae Shonia tristigma subsp. parvifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Gesneriaceae Boea hygroscopica SL NTQ
plants land plants Gleicheniaceae Dicranopteris linearis var. linearis C NTQ I
plants land plants Gleicheniaceae Gleichenia
plants land plants Gleicheniaceae Gleichenia dicarpa pouched coral fern C NTQ
plants land plants Gleicheniaceae Sticherus flabellatus var. compactus C NTQ
plants land plants Gleicheniaceae Sticherus flabellatus var. flabellatus C NTQ
plants land plants Haloragaceae Gonocarpus acanthocarpus C NTQ
plants land plants Hemerocallidaceae Dianella incollata NT NTQ
plants land plants Hymenophyllaceae Abrodictyum obscurum SL NTQ
plants land plants Lamiaceae Chloanthes parviflora C NTQ
plants land plants Lamiaceae Coleus scutellarioides C NTQ
plants land plants Lauraceae Cassytha capillaris C NTQ
plants land plants Laxmanniaceae Eustrephus latifolius wombat berry C NTQ
plants land plants Laxmanniaceae Lomandra
plants land plants Laxmanniaceae Thysanotus banksii C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia calyculata C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia humifusa C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia hyaloneura C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia johannis C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia leptostachya Townsville wattle C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia multisiliqua C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia platycarpa C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia rothii C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia simsii C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Acacia umbellata C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Adenanthera abrosperma C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Aphyllodium latifolium C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Bossiaea armitii C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Cajanus acutifolius C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Chamaecrista mimosoides dwarf cassia C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria medicaginea var. medicaginea C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Daviesia flava C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Desmodium pullenii C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Falcataria toona C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Gompholobium nitidum C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Hardenbergia sp. (Mt Mulligan J.R.Clarkson 5775) V NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Hovea parvicalyx C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera elachantha C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Indigofera pratensis C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Jacksonia thesioides C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Lamprolobium fruticosum C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Senna
plants land plants Leguminosae Senna leptoclada C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Stylosanthes humilis Townsville stylo NAQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia astragaloides C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia sp. (Laura M.B.Thomas 283) C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Uraria picta C NTQ
plants land plants Leguminosae Vachellia bidwillii C NTQ
plants land plants Lindsaeaceae Lindsaea ensifolia subsp. ensifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Loganiaceae Mitrasacme nummularia C NTQ
plants land plants Loganiaceae Mitrasacme pygmaea C NTQ
plants land plants Loganiaceae Strychnos lucida C NTQ
plants land plants Loranthaceae Amyema sanguinea C NTQ
plants land plants Lycopodiaceae Palhinhaea cernua C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Helicteres sp. (Bulimba Station P.I.Forster PIF14740) C NTQ
plants land plants Malvaceae Hibiscus meraukensis Merauke hibiscus C NTQ
plants land plants Marattiaceae Angiopteris evecta giant fern C NTQ
plants land plants Melastomataceae Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum C NTQ I
plants land plants Melastomataceae Memecylon pauciflorum C NTQ
plants land plants Moraceae Ficus virens var. virens C NTQ
plants land plants Myrsinaceae Myrsine urceolata C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Acmenosperma pringlei V NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Asteromyrtus lysicephala C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Blakella tessellaris C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Calytrix leptophylla C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia hylandii C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia stockeri subsp. stockeri C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus brassiana Cape York red gum C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus crebra narrow-leaved red ironbark C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus megasepala C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus phoenicea scarlet gum C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus similis Queensland yellowjacket C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Gossia bidwillii C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Homoranthus tropicus NT NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca viridiflora var. viridiflora C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Neofabricia sericisepala C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Syncarpia
plants land plants Myrtaceae Syzygium eucalyptoides subsp. eucalyptoides C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Thryptomene oligandra C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Thryptomene oligandra var. parviflora C NTQ
plants land plants Myrtaceae Tristaniopsis exiliflora kanuka box C NTQ I
plants land plants Myrtaceae Xanthostemon umbrosus C NTQ
plants land plants Nephrolepidaceae Nephrolepis biserrata C NTQ
plants land plants Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea violacea SL NTQ I
plants land plants Olacaceae Olax aphylla C NTQ
plants land plants Orchidaceae Dendrobium bigibbum Cooktown orchid V V NTQ
plants land plants Orchidaceae Dipodium variegatum SL NTQ
plants land plants Orchidaceae Saccolabiopsis armitii SL NTQ
plants land plants Orobanchaceae Buchnera linearis C NTQ
plants land plants Orobanchaceae Centranthera cochinchinensis C NTQ
plants land plants Orobanchaceae Striga parviflora C NTQ
plants land plants Pandanaceae Freycinetia scandens C NTQ
plants land plants Philydraceae Philydrum lanuginosum frogsmouth C NTQ I
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Glochidion benthamianum C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus hebecarpus C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Synostemon elachophyllus subsp. elachophyllus C NTQ
plants land plants Phyllanthaceae Synostemon elachophyllus subsp. latior C NTQ
plants land plants Picrodendraceae Petalostigma banksii C NTQ
plants land plants Picrodendraceae Pseudanthus ligulatus subsp. ligulatus C NTQ
plants land plants Pittosporaceae Pittosporum tinifolium C NTQ
plants land plants Plantaginaceae Stemodia lythrifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Alloteropsis semialata cockatoo grass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida holathera var. holathera C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Aristida utilis var. utilis C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Arundinella setosa C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Cleistochloa subjuncea C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Digitaria breviglumis C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Ectrosia nervilemma C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eriachne
plants land plants Poaceae Eriachne ciliata C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eriachne humilis C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Eriachne obtusa C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Heterachne abortiva C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Isachne confusa C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Mnesithea rottboellioides C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Panicum trichoides C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Themeda triandra kangaroo grass C NTQ
plants land plants Poaceae Triodia microstachya C NTQ
plants land plants Polygalaceae Comesperma secundum subsp. secundum C NTQ
plants land plants Polygalaceae Polygala parviloba C NTQ
plants land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria attenuata C NTQ I
plants land plants Polypodiaceae Drynaria quercifolia SL NTQ
plants land plants Portulacaceae Portulaca bicolor C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Banksia dentata C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Hakea persiehana C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Persoonia falcata C NTQ
plants land plants Proteaceae Stenocarpus
plants land plants Pteridaceae Adiantum hispidulum var. hispidulum SL NTQ
plants land plants Pteridaceae Cheilanthes praetermissa C NTQ
plants land plants Pteridaceae Cheilanthes pumilio C NTQ
plants land plants Pteridaceae Pellaea muelleri SL NTQ
plants land plants Pteridaceae Taenitis pinnata morse fern SL NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Aidia racemosa C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Atractocarpus sessilis C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Coelospermum reticulatum C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Gardenia rupicola C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Gardenia tessellaris C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Gynochthodes ammitia C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Psydrax graciliflora C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Scleromitrion galioides C NTQ
plants land plants Rubiaceae Spermacoce
plants land plants Rutaceae Boronia bowmanii C NTQ
plants land plants Rutaceae Boronia quinkanensis C NTQ
plants land plants Rutaceae Flindersia collina broad-leaved leopard tree C NTQ
plants land plants Rutaceae Halfordia kendack saffron heart C NTQ
plants land plants Rutaceae Melicope elleryana C NTQ
plants land plants Santalaceae Anthobolus filifolius C NTQ
plants land plants Sapindaceae Atalaya angustifolia C NTQ
plants land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea
plants land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea dodecandra C NTQ
plants land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea malvacea C NTQ
plants land plants Sapotaceae Amorphospermum antilogum C NTQ
plants land plants Sapotaceae Planchonella pohlmaniana C NTQ
plants land plants Schizaeaceae Actinostachys digitata SL NTQ
plants land plants Schizaeaceae Schizaea dichotoma branched comb fern SL NTQ
plants land plants Smilacaceae Smilax australis barbed-wire vine C NTQ
plants land plants Solanaceae Solanum
plants land plants Sparrmanniaceae Triumfetta sp. (Turtle Rock A.R.Bean 3807) C NTQ
plants land plants Sterculiaceae Brachychiton diversifolius subsp. orientalis SL NTQ
plants land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium adenophorum SL NTQ
plants land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium capillare SL NTQ
plants land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium leiophyllum SL NTQ
plants land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium ramosissimum SL NTQ
plants land plants Taccaceae Tacca leontopetaloides C NTQ
plants land plants Vitaceae Ampelocissus gardineri C NTQ

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

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Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Legend

Nature Conservation Act
NCA - Status under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
EX : Extinct
PE : Extinct in the wild
CR : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
NT : Near threatened
C : Least concern
SL : Special least concern
I : International
P : Prohibited
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
EPBC - Status under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EX : Extinct
XW : Extinct in the wild
CE : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
CD : Conservation dependent
End. - Endemicity
Q : Queensland endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland
QA : Intranational - naturally occurs in Queensland and interstate
QAI : Not endemic to Australia - naturally occurs in Queensland, interstate and overseas
QI : Regional endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland and overseas
VA : Vagrant (Intranational) - normally occurs interstate
VI : Vagrant (International) - normally occurs overseas
VU : Vagrant (Unknown)
IA : Introduced (Intranational) - naturalised from interstate
II : Introduced (International) - naturalised from overseas
IU : Introduced - unknown origin
U : Unknown endemicity - native
Wetland Status
I : Wetland indicator species


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Wildlife of Laura Sandstone DIWA nationally important wetland, WetlandInfo website, accessed 6 July 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=diwa-wetland-laura-sandstone

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