FINALISED PRIORITY ASSESSMENT LIST FOR THE

ASSESSMENT PERIOD COMMENCING 1 OCTOBER 2012

Item / Australian Distribution / Completion time for
the TSSC to provide its advice
Species
Ardenna carneipes (flesh-footed shearwater) / Migratory in the Indo- Pacific region / 30 September 2014
Atalaya sp. Elizabeth River (a shrub) / Northern Territory / 30 September 2013
Cryptoblepharus egeriae (blue-tailed skink) / Christmas Island / 30 September 2013
Cyrtodactylus sadlieri (giant gecko) / Christmas Island / 30 September 2013
Emoia atrocostata atrocostata (Christmas Island coastal skink) / Christmas Island / 30 September 2013
Emoia nativitatis (Christmas Island forest skink) / Christmas Island / 30 September 2013
Lepidodactylus listeri (Lister’s gecko) / Christmas Island / 30 September 2013
Pteropus melanotus natalis (Christmas Island flying-fox) / Christmas Island / 30 September 2013
Sphyrna lewini (scalloped hammerhead) / Coastal waters off NSW, Qld, NT, WA / 30 September 2015
Sphyrna mokarran (great hammerhead) / Coastal waters off NSW, Qld, NT, WA / 30 September 2015
Sphyrna zygaena (smooth hammerhead) / Coastal waters off NSW, Qld, Vic, Tas, SA, WA / 30 September 2015
Gymnoblideus leadbeateri (Leadbeater’s possum) / Victoria / 11 December 2014
Any other species nominated by the Threatened Species
Scientific Committee / 30 September 2013
Key Threatening Processes
Any other threatening process nominated by the
Threatened Species Scientific Committee / 30 September 2014
Ecological Communities
Banksia dominated woodlands of the Swan Coastal
Plain bioregion / Western Australia / 31 Dec 2014
Cooks River and Castlereagh ironbark forest of the
Sydney Basin bioregion / New South Wales / 30 Sep 2014
Hunter Valley remnant woodlands and open forests / New South Wales / 31 Dec 2014
Natural grasslands of the south Gippsland Plains / Victoria / 30 Sep 2014
The community of estuarine species dependent on salt-
wedge estuaries of southern Australia / WA, SA, Vic and Tas / 30 Sep 2015
Any other ecological community nominated by the
Committee / 30 September 2014