Name Wombats

Class Marsupial

Habitat All regions

Diet Grasses, shrubs, roots, herbs, sedges, bark, moss Small mammals, reptiles, birds, insects Insects, spiders

Nankeen kestrel

Bird

All regions

Breeding season Mostly during winter One joey at a time Late winter Nest size of 3-7 August January Nest size of 3-4 Summer months

Environmental requirements Ground that is able to be burrowed

Impacts Hunted, land clearing, poison baits, dogs, vehicles

Status Secure

none

none

Secure

Conservation efforts Contain dogs, raise awareness on roads, rear and release orphaned young None

Flame robin

Bird

Alpine

Bogong moth

Insect

Alpine

Mountain pygmy possum

Marsupial

Alpine

Larvae eat wide-leaved plants, adults eat a variety of plants Bogong moths and other insects, seeds, fruits Seeds, fruits, insects, fungi, roots, flowers, mosses

Cooler forests required in summer, moving to lower, warmer areas in winter Migrates to cooler areas during summer

Agriculture, land clearing, habitat loss and degradation

Vulnerable

None

Arsenic from larval stage spent Secure on agricultural lands collected in adult moth body, potentially climate change Loss and degradation of habitat, climate change, human recreation, feral animals, litter/garbage, fire Endangered

None

October December Litter size of 3-4

Requires snow for at least 6 months straight

Smoky mouse

Rodent

Alpine

September April Litter size of 3-4

Requires dense, low ground cover and soil that can be burrowed into

Loss and degradation of habitat, feral animals, fire, climate change

Endangered

Restore movement corridors and habitat, eradicate feral animals, promote awareness Minimise predation, establish refuges, captive breeding, promote awareness

Leadbeaters possum

Marsupial

Alpine

Insects, nectar, honeydew

Alpine she-oak skink

Reptile

Alpine

Molluscs, insects, small lizards, small snakes Small ants, other insects

April June & October December Litter size of 1-2 November March Litter size of 2-9 Early summer February Clutches of 16-38 eggs Autumn Spring Mid late summer 30 live young Single joey

Requires large supply of food and hollows

Logging, fire

Endangered

Artificial hollows, protect remaining habitat

Southern Corroboree frog

Amphibian

Alpine

Only found in alpine grasslands and healthlands usually above the tree line Requires sphagnum bogs, wet tussock grasslands, or wet health to breed Likes cool, fresh water Damp environments, swamps, streams Brushy undergrowth, grasslands

Loss and degradation of habitat, fire, predation, climate change, weeds

Endangered

Research, monitoring, potentially a breeding program Research, monitoring, breeding programs

Chytrid fungus, climate change, introduced flora and fauna

Critically Endangered

Mountain Galaxia Alpine copperhead snake Red necked wallaby

Fish

Alpine

Reptile

Subalpine

Insects, other invertebrates Frogs, lizards, small mammals Grasses, herbs

Loss and degradation of habitat, introduced species especially trout Loss and degradation of habitat

unknown

Removal of introduced species None

Secure

Marsupial

Subalpine

Loss and degradation of habitat, cars, dogs

Secure

None

Swamp wallaby

Marsupial

Subalpine and Snowy River

Shrubs, ferns, young trees

Single joey

Thick understory

Poisonous introduced species

Secure

None

Gang Gang cockatoo

Bird

Subalpine and Snowy River Subalpine and Snowy River Snowy River

Berries, fruits, nuts, insects

October January Nest size of 1-3 eggs

Require tall trees with hollows for nesting

Land clearing, removal of large trees

Secure

None

Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Marsupial

Grasses

Mostly in summer Single joey

Prefers denser scrub and forest

Hunting, land clearing

Secure

None

Superb Lyrebird

Bird

Insects, spiders, frogs

June July Nest size of usually 1 egg

Likes thick leaf litter and rotting logs that hide insects Likes areas that provide shelter like logs, rocks, grass clumps

Land clearing, wood collecting

Secure

None

Red-bellied black snake

Reptile

Snowy River

Fish, tadpoles, frogs, lizards, snakes, small mammals Fish, crustaceans, insects, frogs

Spring 5-18 young born in a membranous sac September January Nest size of 4-7

Humans, feral cats, cane toads, habitat destruction

Secure

None

Azure Kingfisher

Bird

Snowy River

Needs water preferably fresh water

Stock trampling of vegetation, artificial flooding of waterways drown nests, turbid water, introduced species (carp) Habitat loss and degradation, fire

Secure

None

Sooty owl

Bird

Snowy River

Mammals, birds, large insects

Autumnspring Nest size of 1-2 eggs

Nests in large tree hallows

Threatened

None

Brush-tailed rock wallaby

Marsupial

Snowy River

Grasses, forbs, browse

Single pouch dependant joey

Likes rocky outcrops surrounded usually by dense cover

Habitat degradation, fire, hunting, feral animals

Threatened

Tiger quoll

Marsupial

Snowy River

Giant burrowing frog

Amphibian

Snowy River

Medium sized mammals, lizards, insects, birds, fish, frogs, food remains from humans Ants, beetles, spiders, scorpions, centipedes, cockroaches

Winter Litters of 4-6 young

Likes wet forests, undisturbed by timber harvesting

Habitat loss and degradation, feral animals, fire, hunting, cars, fox baiting, cane toads

Endangered

Improving habitat, fire management, control of predators and competitors, breeding programs, raise awareness Manage/avoid quoll areas, control pest baiting activities, manage fire regime, research

Mostly late summer autumn

Needs native vegetation no record of a frog on cleared land

Logging, grazing, burning, introduced species, erosion, change in water quality, land clearing

Vulnerable

Begin breeding program, habitat protection, raise awareness, accurately collate records