This is only the second time that the species has been recorded and the first time in over a decade.
The EWT’s Conservation Planning and Science Unit is surveying for species currently listed as Data Deficient by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .
“This exclusion leaves these species vulnerable to extinction before we can understand their ecology, habitat requirements, population dynamics, and threats,” the EWT said. The aim of the surveys is to gather enough new data to “uplist” them either to a relevant threat category or confirm that they are not threatened, impacting the level of protection they are afforded under the law.
“The region is already under pressure from agricultural activities and recently granted wide-ranging mining prospecting rights,” the EWT said.
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