Changes made to wildlife categories on 1 September 2024

Reclassification of 38 fauna species
(Schedule 1 – Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020)

Class	Taxon	Common name	Former Qld status	New Qld status
Actinopterygii	Bidyanus bidyanus	silver perch	Not listed	Endangered
	Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus	Daintree rainbowfish	Not listed	Critically endangered
	Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides	Cairns rainbowfish	Not listed	Endangered
	Centroberyx affinis	redfish	Not listed	Critically endangered
	Chlamydogobius squamigenus	Edgbaston goby	Endangered	Critically endangered
	Maccullochella mariensis	Mary River cod	Not listed	Endangered
	Mogurnda clivicola	Flinders Ranges mogurnda	Not listed	Endangered
	Stiphodon surrufus	emerald cling goby	Vulnerable	Endangered
Arachnida	Euoplos grandis	Darling Downs giant trapdoor spider	Not listed	Vulnerable
Aves	Arenaria interpres	ruddy turnstone	Least concern	Vulnerable
	Calidris acuminata	sharp-tailed sandpiper	Least concern	Vulnerable
	Calidris canutus	red knot	Endangered	Vulnerable
	Calidris tenuirostris	great knot	Critically endangered	Vulnerable
	Gallinago hardwickii	Latham’s snipe	Least concern	Vulnerable
	Limnodromus semipalmatus	Asian dowitcher	Least concern	Vulnerable
	Limosa lapponica baueri	Western Alaskan bar-tailed godwit	Vulnerable	Endangered
	Limosa limosa	black-tailed godwit	Least concern	Endangered
	Numenius madagascariensis	eastern curlew	Endangered	Critically endangered
	Pezoporus occidentalis	night parrot	Endangered	Critically endangered
	Pluvialis squatarola	grey plover	Least concern	Vulnerable
	Tringa nebularia	common greenshank	Least concern	Endangered
	Xenus cinereus	terek sandpiper	Least concern	Vulnerable
Chondrichthyes	Sphyrna lewini	scalloped hammerhead	Not listed	Endangered
Gastropoda	Adclarkia cameroni	brigalow woodland snail	Vulnerable	Endangered
Malacostraca	Euastacus balanensis	Balan spiny crayfish	Not listed	Endangered
	Euastacus fleckeri	Flecker's crayfish	Not listed	Endangered
	Euastacus urospinosus	Maleny crayfish	Not listed	Endangered
	Euastacus yigara	Cardwell hairy crayfish	Not listed	Critically endangered
Mammalia	Hemibelideus lemuroides	lemuroid ringtail possum	Critically endangered	Endangered
	Petrogale coenensis	Cape York rock-wallaby	Vulnerable	Endangered
	Rhinolophus robertsi	greater large-eared horseshoe bat	Endangered	Vulnerable
	Sminthopsis douglasi	Julia Creek dunnart	Endangered	Vulnerable
Reptilia	Ctenotus rawlinsoni	Cape heath ctenotus	Vulnerable	Endangered
	Elusor macrurus	Mary River turtle	Endangered	Critically endangered
	Emoia atrocostata australis	littoral whip-tail skink	Vulnerable	Least concern
	Lygisaurus tanneri	Endeavour River litter-skink	Vulnerable	Near threatened
	Saltuarius wyberba	granite leaf-tailed gecko	Least concern	Endangered
Sarcopterygii	Neoceratodus forsteri	Australian lungfish	Not listed	Vulnerable

Reclassification of 76 flora species
(Schedule 1 - Nature Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020)

Taxon	Former Qld status	New Qld status
Acacia anadenia	Least concern	Vulnerable
Acacia grandifolia	Least concern	Near threatened
Acacia pubifolia	Vulnerable	Endangered
Acacia saxicola	Endangered	Vulnerable
Allocasuarina filidens	Vulnerable	Endangered
Allocasuarina rigida subsp. exsul	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Amblovenatum tildeniae	Critically endangered	Remove listing (no longer recognised as a valid species)
Amomum queenslandicum	Critically endangered	Endangered
Asplenium normale	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Austromuellera valida	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Backhousia hughesii	Least concern	Critically endangered
Bergera crenulata	Endangered	Critically endangered
Berrya rotundifolia	Vulnerable	Endangered
Bulbophyllum maxillare	Endangered	Near threatened
Bulbophyllum windsorense	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Bulbophyllum wolfei	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Bursaria reevesii	Vulnerable	Endangered
Cassia sp. (Como P.Grimshaw+ G507)	Least concern	Critically endangered
Ceratopetalum corymbosum	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Cinnamomum propinquum	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Citrus inodora	Vulnerable	Endangered
Corchorus thozetii	Extinct in the wild	Critically endangered
Croton magneticus	Vulnerable	Endangered
Crudia papuana	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Dendrobium malbrownii	Vulnerable	Near threatened
Diospyros areolifolia	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Dissiliaria tuckeri	Vulnerable	Endangered
Dracophyllum sayeri	Vulnerable	Endangered
Ehretia microphylla	Vulnerable	Near threatened
Eidothea zoexylocarya	Vulnerable	Near threatened
Elaeocarpus carbinensis	Least concern	Critically endangered
Elaeocarpus thelmae	Vulnerable	Endangered
Embelia flueckigeri	Extinct in the wild	Critically endangered
Euodia hylandii	Near threatened	Vulnerable
Flindersia oppositifolia	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Gastrodia crebriflora	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Globba marantina	Vulnerable	Endangered
Goodenia arenicola	Extinct in the wild	Critically endangered
Gossia lewisensis	Least concern	Critically endangered
Gossia punctata	Least concern	Critically endangered
Grastidium tozerense	Vulnerable	Near threatened
Helicia grayi	Vulnerable	Endangered
Helicia lewisensis	Vulnerable	Endangered
Hymenophyllum digitatum	Vulnerable	Endangered
Ipomoea saintronanensis	Vulnerable	Endangered
Jedda multicaulis	Vulnerable	Near threatened
Kayea larnachiana	Vulnerable	Endangered
Kunzea sericothrix	Endangered	Critically endangered
Lenwebbia lasioclada	Least concern	Critically endangered
Lenwebbia sp. (Blackall Range P.R.Sharpe 5387)	Endangered	Critically endangered
Lepisanthes senegalensis	Vulnerable	Endangered
Litsea granitica	Vulnerable	Endangered
Livistona drudei	Vulnerable	Endangered
Lychnothamnus barbatus	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Micromyrtus patula	Endangered	Vulnerable
Musa jackeyi	Endangered	Critically endangered
Olearia hygrophila	Endangered	Critically endangered
Panicum chillagoanum	Vulnerable	Least concern
Parapolystichum grayi	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Philotheca sporadica	Near threatened	Endangered
Pluchea alata	Endangered	Near threatened
Psydrax reticulata	Vulnerable	Least concern
Ptilotus extenuatus	Endangered	Critically endangered
Ptilotus senarius	Extinct in the wild	Critically endangered
Rhodamnia glabrescens	Near threatened	Critically endangered
Rhodamnia pauciovulata	Least concern	Critically endangered
Rhodamnia spongiosa	Least concern	Critically endangered
Ristantia pachysperma	Least concern	Critically endangered
Ristantia waterhousei	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Sarcolobus vittatus	Vulnerable	Endangered
Scleromitrion gibsonii	Endangered	Critically endangered
Solanum stenopterum	Vulnerable	Endangered
Styphelia malayana subsp. novoguineensis	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Wetria australiensis	Vulnerable	Critically endangered
Wodyetia bifurcata	Vulnerable	Near threatened
Xylosma craynii	Vulnerable	Critically endangered

Nomenclature changes (Schedule 1 - Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020)

Current scientific name	Qld status	New scientific name
Eclectus roratus macgillivrayi, eclectus parrot (Australian subspecies)	V	Eclectus polychloros macgillivrayi, eclectus parrot (Cape York Peninsula)
Elseya oneiros, Gulf snapping turtle	V	Elseya lavarackorum, Gulf snapping turtle
Lophochroa leadbeateri leadbeateri, Major Mitchell’s cockatoo	E	Cacatua leadbeateri leadbeateri, Major Mitchell’s cockatoo
Petauroides minor, northern greater glider	V	Petauroides volans minor, northern greater glider
Petauroides volans (southern and central populations), greater glider (southern and central populations)	E	Petauroides volans volans, southern greater glider
Petaurus australis unnamed subsp., yellow-bellied gilder (northern subspecies)	E	Petaurus australis brevirostrum, northern yellow-bellied gilder
Psephotus chrysopterygius, golden-shouldered parrot	E	Psephotellus chrysopterygius, golden-shouldered parrot
Psephotus pulcherrimus, paradise parrot	X	Psephotellus pulcherrimus, paradise parrot
Rhinolophus philippinensis, greater large-eared horseshoe bat	E	Rhinolophus robertsi, greater large-eared horseshoe bat

Nomenclature changes (Schedule 1 - Nature Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020)

Current scientific name	Qld status	New scientific name
Corymbia leptoloma	V	Blakella leptoloma
Corymbia petalophylla	V	Blakella petalophylla
Corymbia scabrida	NT	Blakella scabrida
Crepidium fimbriatum	V	Dienia fimbriata
Crepidium flavovirens	V	Dienia flavovirens
Crepidium lawleri	E	Dienia lawleri
Helicia recurva	NT	Helicia lewisensis
Murraya crenulata	E	Bergera crenulata
Pneumatopteris costata	NT	Reholttumia costata
Pneumatopteris pennigera	E	Pakau pennigera
Styphelia sp. (Coolmunda D.Halford Q1635)	LC	Styphelia attenuata
Tetramolopium sp. (Mt Bowen D.G.Fell+ DGF1224)	V	Tetramolopium ornans