Warrawee Substation - Review of Environmental Factors

Scientific Name Common Name TSC/FMActEPBC Act Habitat Association Nature of Record Likelihood ofoccurrencePotential for impactsSaccolaimus flaviventris Yellow-belliedSheathtail-batV - Migrates from tropics to SE Aus in summer. Foragesacross a range of habitats including those with andwithout trees, from wet and dry sclerophyll forest,open woodland, Acacia shrubland, mallee, grasslandsand desert. Roosts communally in large tree hollowsand buildings (Churchill 2008).1 record within10km (OEH2012a)Low.No roosting orbreeding habitat. Mayforage over site onoccasion.Nil.ReptilesHoplocephalusbungaroidesBroad-Headed SnakeE V Nocturnal, sheltering in rock crevices and under flatsandstone rocks on exposed cliff edges duringautumn, winter, and spring, moving to shelters inhollows of large trees within 200m of escarpments insummer. Feeds mostly on geckos and small skinks,and occasionally on frogs and small mammals.Predicted to occurwithin 10km(DSEWPaC 2012a)Unlikely.No suitable habitat.Nil.Varanus rosenbergi Rosenberg's Goanna V - In NSW mainly occurs on the mid coast fromWollemi NP to Nowra; the ACT and Goulburnregions and the South-west Slopes.Inhabits coastal heathlands, wet and dry sclerophyllforests, woodlands and mallee. Termite mounds areimportant: eggs are laid in the mounds in summerand incubate till spring, when the young digthemselves out. Young may return to the mound as arefuge for some months, while adults shelter inburrows dug under rocks or logs, or in rock crevices,hollow logs or even rabbit burrows (Sass 2008).31 records within10km (OEH2012a)Unlikely.No suitable habitat.Nil.