Australian Capital Territory
Nature Conservation (Species and Ecological Communities) Declaration 2003 (No 2)*
Disallowable instrument DI2003—319
made under the
Nature Conservation Act 1980, section 21 (Declaration of species, community or process)

I revoke Instrument No. DI2003-265 of 2003 notified in the ACT Legislation Register on 4 September 2003 and I declare that:
(a)	a species specified in:
(i)	Schedule 1 is a vulnerable species; and
(ii)	Schedule 2 is an endangered species, and
(b)	an ecological community specified in Schedule 3 is an endangered community

Jon Stanhope MLA
Minister for the Environment
25 November 2003

declaration of species AND AN ECOLOGICAL community 
THE Schedules

Schedule 1	Vulnerable species

Scientific name	Common name	
		
Delma impar	Striped Legless Lizard	
Gadopsis bispinosus	Two-spined Blackfish	
Euastacus armatus	Murray River Crayfish	
Perunga ochracea	Perunga Grasshopper	
Melanodryas cucullata	Hooded Robin	
Lathamus discolor	Swift Parrot	
Polytelis swainsonii	Superb Parrot	
Climacteris picumnus	Brown Treecreeper	
Grantiella picta	Painted Honeyeater	
Dasyurus maculatus	Spotted-tailed Quoll	
Daphoenositta chrysoptera	Varied Sitella	
Lalage sueurii	White-winged Triller	

Schedule 2	Endangered species

Scientific name	Common name	
		
Gentiana baeuerlenii	a subalpine herb	
Prasophyllum petilum	a leek orchid	
Rutidosis leptorrynchoides	Button Wrinklewort	
Swainsona recta	Small Purple Pea	
Synemon plana	Golden Sun Moth	
Tympanocryptis pinguicolla	Grassland Earless Dragon	
Macquaria australasica	Macquarie Perch	
Maccullochella macquariensis	Trout Cod	
Petrogale penicillata	Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby	
Xanthomyza phrygia	Regent Honeyeater	
Pseudomys fumeus	Smoky Mouse	
Muehlenbeckia tuggeranong	Tuggeranong Lignum	
Lepidium ginninderrense	Ginninderra Peppercress	
Bidyanus bidyanus	Silver Perch	
Pseudophryne pengilleyi	Northern Corroboree Frog	

Schedule 3	Endangered communities

Name of community	Description	
		
Natural Temperate Grassland	A naturally occurring grassland of the temperate zone, dominated by native perennial tussock grasses, with associated native herbs and native fauna.	
		
Yellow Box/Red Gum Grassy Woodland	A naturally occurring woodland of the temperate zone, in which Yellow Box co-occurs with Blakely’s Red Gum.  It includes the species rich understorey of native tussock grasses, herbs and scattered shrubs, together with a large number of native animal species.