OVER 30 NSW REPTILE SPECIES THREATENED
According to the NSW Government’s Saving our Species program, there are currently over 30 priority reptile species in NSW that are listed as threatened under the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.
Some of the reptile species that are at risk in NSW include:
- Bell’s Anglehead Dragon (Hypsilurus spinipes): This lizard is listed as endangered in NSW due to habitat loss and fragmentation caused by urban development and land clearing.
- Broad-headed Snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides): This snake is listed as endangered in NSW due to habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation caused by land clearing and inappropriate fire regimes.
- Green and Golden Bell Frog (Litoria aurea): This frog is listed as vulnerable in NSW due to habitat loss and degradation caused by urban development and land use change.
- Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard (Tiliqua adelaidensis): This lizard is listed as endangered in NSW due to habitat loss and fragmentation caused by land clearing and inappropriate fire regimes.
- Rosenberg’s Goanna (Varanus rosenbergi): This lizard is listed as vulnerable in NSW due to habitat loss and fragmentation caused by land clearing, urban development, and other factors.
Other reptile species that are at risk in NSW include the Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), the Grassland Earless Dragon (Tympanocryptis pinguicolla), and the Little Whip Snake (Suta flagellum).
Save Our Woodlands is working fast and furiously to protect and restore the habitats and populations of these reptile species, including through habitat restoration, predator control, and other measures.
These efforts are crucial to maintaining the ecological health and biodiversity of NSW and you can help!
Save Our Woodlands is an environmentally conscious group of volunteers dedicated to preserving threatened birds, animals and ecosystems in the woodlands of New South Wales, Australia.
Only 15% of our woodlands remain, the rest has been cleared for agriculture.
Save Our Woodlands Inc. secures and protects woodlands in NSW and pays landholders, in perpetuity, to conserve, enhance and re-establish native woodlands on THEIR land, and to manage these woodlands, so they are maintained.
BUT we need YOUR help. Together we can bring about change. Please consider donating.
People tend to think that woodlands are “just bush,” consequently, over 85% of the native woodlands in New South Wales, Australia have been replaced by agriculture.
Donate $10 per month & help protect critical habitats. By doing so YOU will prevent further species from extinction.
Our work is only possible with your support.
