Threatened Species State Lists - 12 Oct 2020

Explanatory Notes for Threatened Species of National Environmental Significance

The data is comprised of threatened species currently listed under the EPBC Act, indicative occurrence in States and Territories, and links to further information in the Species Profiles and Threats database (SPRAT).

Column name              Description
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Scientific Name          The listed scientific name of the species.
Common Name              The common name of the species.
Current Scientific Name  The current scientific name of the species in SPRAT. (May have been revised after listing.)
Threatened Status        The category on the EPBC Threatened Species List, i.e. Extinct, Extinct in the wild,
                           Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation Dependent.
ACT                      The species is indicated to occur in the Australian Capital Territory
NSW                      The species is indicated to occur in New South Wales (including Lord Howe island)
NT                       The species is indicated to occur in the Northern Territory
QLD                      The species is indicated to occur in Queensland
SA                       The species is indicated to occur in South Australia
TAS                      The species is indicated to occur in Tasmania (including Macquarie Island)
VIC                      The species is indicated to occur in Victoria
WA                       The species is indicated to occur in Western Australia
ACI                      The species is indicated to occur on Ashmore and Cartier Islands (external territory)
CKI                      The species is indicated to occur on Cocos (Keeling) Islands (external territory)
CI                       The species is indicated to occur on Christmas Island (external territory)
CSI                      The species is indicated to occur on Coral Sea Islands (external territory)
JBT                      The species is indicated to occur in the Jervis Bay Territory (external territory)
NFI                      The species is indicated to occur on Norfolk Island (external territory)
HMI                      The species is indicated to occur on Heard and McDonald Islands (external territory)
AAT                      The species is indicated to occur in the Australian Antarctic Territory (external territory)
CMA                      The species is indicated to occur in the Commonwealth Marine Area
Listed SPRAT TaxonID     The SPRAT species identifier under which the species is listed on the EPBC threatened species list.
Current SPRAT TaxonID    The current  SPRAT species identifier that is a synonym of the listed species.
Kingdom                  The taxonomic kingdom the species is in, either Plantae or Animalia.
                           Useful for selecting plant species.
Class                    The taxonomic class the species is in. Useful for selecting animal groups, for example Aves (birds),
                           Mammalia (mammals), Reptilia (reptiles), Amphibia (frogs).
Profile                  The internet address of the public SPRAT species profile.
Date extracted           The date the data was extracted from the SPRAT database.
NSL Name                 A unique Uniform Reource Identifier (URI) providing a link back to the National Species List (NSL) 
                           name or taxon concept. The URI will resolve to the NSL page for that species name.
Family                   The scientific Family name the species is in. 
Genus                    The scientific Genus name the species is in.
Species                  The scientific Species name. 
Infraspecies Rank        Scientific rank for any name below Species level.
Infraspecies             Scientific name below Species level.
Species Author           Name of first publisher of the species name. 
Infraspecies Author      Name of first publisher of the infraspecies name.

Yes for state indicates species is (i) is known or may occur in the state; (ii) is extinct in state but extant elsewhere; (iii) a translocated and intensively managed population is established in the state.

In accordance with IUCN mapping guidelines, vagrant records for a state are excluded unless the species is explicitly listed as threatened by the State/Territory.

The value “No NSL_id” in the NSL Name field indicates the name is not recognised in the National Species List (NSL) of names. As the NSL is still being populated, a blank entry in this field indicates the NSL does not yet contain the species in question.

How the data is compiled

The data is compiled by a computer program developed by the Environmental Resources Network (ERIN) that draws directly from the SPRAT database. The threatened Species name and status are the same data used to automatically produce the EPBC Act List of Threatened Fauna and EPBC Act List of Threatened Flora and individual species profiles.

The NSL name has been matched in SPRAT on Family, Genus, Species, Infraspecies Rank, Infraspecies, Species Author and Infraspecies Author. Only complete matches are reported. Where no match exists the field is blank (not in NSL yet). NO NSL_ID is reported where the EPBC Act name is not recognised in the NSL.

The lists of species for each state are also contained in the SPRAT database. These were initially derived as a snapshot by spatially overlaying state/territory boundaries (including coastal water to 3 nautical miles) with the indicative species mapping that underlies the Protected Matters Search Tool. Additional species listed on state threatened lists were also added. As minor spatial boundary mismatches may spuriously indicate the presence of a species in a state, the prospective lists have been reviewed and adjustments made. This spatial analysis resulted in a number of species being added to the indicative state lists.

The data is automatically updated when changes to any of the fields are made in the database.

Note that:

(i) the data takes account of species synonyms so that appropriate species state lists are incorporated;

(iii) a number of marine fishes have an EPBC status of Conservation Dependent (these are not a Matter of National Environmental Significance).

(iv) procedures are implemented to update indicated presence on state/territory lists as distribution mapping is revised.

(v) the data can be linked to other SPRAT extracts e.g. Threatened Species of National Environmental Significance related documents via the ListedID field.