Warrawee Substation - Review of Environmental Factors

Scientific Name Common Name TSC/FMActEPBC Act Habitat Association Nature of Record Likelihood ofoccurrencegreen and Golden Bell Frog eggs and tadpoles.Potential for impactsLitora littlejohni Littlejohns Treefrog V V Occurs on plateaus and eastern slopes of the GreatDividing Range south from Watagan State Forest.Occurs along permanent rocky streams with thickfringing vegetation associated with eucalyptwoodlands and heaths among sandstone outcrops,hunting either in shrubs or on the ground.Predicted to occurwithin 10km(DSEWPaC 2012a)Unlikely.No suitable streamhabitats.Nil.Pseudophryne australis Red-crownedToadletV - Restricted to Sydney Basin, from Nowra to Pokolbinand west to Mt Victoria. Inhabits heathland and openwoodland on Hawkesbury and NarrabeenSandstones, within 100 m of ridgelines. Breeds inephemeral feeder creeks or flooded depressions,requiring unpolluted water between 5.5 and 6.5 pH.Shelters under rocks, amongst masses of densevegetation or leaf litter. Populations restricted toimmediate vicinity of breeding areas.248 records within10km (OEH2012a)Unlikely.No suitable habitat.Nil.Mixophyes balbus Stuttering Frog E V Occurs along the east coast of Australia. Found inrainforest and wet, tall, open forest. Shelter in deepleaf litter and thick understorey vegetation on theforest floor. Feeds on insects and smaller frogs,breeding in streams during summer after heavy rain.Within Sydney Basin the species is now confined topopulations in the Watagan Mountains, the southernBlue Mountains and Macquarie Pass (White 2008a).Predicted to occurwithin 10km(DSEWPaC 2012a)Unlikely.No suitable streamhabitats.Nil.