Enhancing Biodiversity Hotspots Along Western Queensland Stock ...
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Site 10. Surat – Glenmorgan Road<br />
STOCK ROUTE NUMBER: P008<br />
PRIORITY SPECIES: Animals:<br />
yakka skink (Egernia rugosa).<br />
RATING: BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT<br />
SHIRE COUNCIL: ROMA REGIONAL COUNCIL<br />
This site on the stock route along the Surat – Glenmorgan Road has relatively intact<br />
remnant vegetation on a harsh shale rise. It is a biodiversity hotspot for yakka skink<br />
(Egernia rugosa) who utilise the habitat formed by mounds of scrubby cypress pine<br />
(Callitris sp.), wattle (Acacia sp.), ironbark (Eucalyptus sp.), and road material that<br />
has been pushed up by road works.<br />
THREATS: The main threats to this site are clearing of vegetation, habitat<br />
destruction by the removal of the mounds that yakka skinks inhabit, inappropriate fire<br />
regime, and predation by feral cats, foxes and dogs.<br />
CURRENT MANAGEMENT: None.<br />
RECOMMENDATIONS: The site would greatly benefit from being included in the<br />
Roma Regional Council pest and weed management programme, with emphasis on<br />
feral control (fresh dog and fox tracks were noted in the vicinity during the field visit).<br />
Although road-works can create mound habitats for yakka skink, it is important that<br />
any future road-works at this site should take care not to destroy the existing mounds<br />
that are habitat for yakka skinks.<br />
For any future controlled fires at this site, it is recommended that they be of low<br />
intensity, and that any mounds of timber/plant material are unburnt as they are used<br />
as habitat by yakka skink.<br />
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