Stephens' Banded Snake - NSW North Coast: Distribution and vegetation associations

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Distribution of the species within this region

IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Barrington	Known	None
Cataract	Known	None
Chaelundi	Known	None
Coffs Coast and Escarpment	Known	None
Comboyne Plateau	Known	None
Dalmorton	Known	None
Ellerston	Predicted	Within 10 km radius of Cessnock
Karuah Manning	Known	None
Macleay Hastings	Known	None
Mummel Escarpment	Known	None
Rocky River Gorge	Known	None
Tomalla	Known	None
Upper Manning	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
  • Clarence Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3420 Clarence Lowland Ironbark-Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
    • 3422 Clarence Sandstone Rises Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
    • 3428 Northern Lowland Red Gum-Swamp Turpentine Grassy Forest
  • Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3432 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple-Ironbark Grassy Forest
    • 3433 Hunter Coast Foothills Spotted Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
    • 3435 Hunter Coast Lowland Flats Damp Forest
    • 3436 Hunter Coast Sandy Creekflat Low Paperbark Scrub
  • Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3454 Chandlers Creek Dry Grassy Forest
    • 3464 Northern Gorges Grey Gum-Tallowwood Grassy Forest
    • 3465 Northern Gorges Red Gum Grassy Forest
    • 3466 Northern Gorges Red Gum-Stringybark Forest

• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3544 Coastal Sands Apple-Blackbutt Forest
    • 3549 Lower North Sandplain Heathy Forest
  • North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3561 Clarence Lowland Smudgy Apple-Paperbark Forest
    • 3563 Clarence Sandstone Blackbutt-Bloodwood Forest
    • 3564 Clarence Sandstone Bloodwood-Stringybark Forest
    • 3572 Koonyum Range Rhyolite Outcrop Shrub Woodland
    • 4160 Mid North Conglomerate Blackbutt Shrub Forest
    • 4161 Mid North Stringybark-Turpentine Shrub Forest
    • 3574 Northern Lowland Sandstones Dry Open Forest
    • 3573 Northern Lowland Scribbly Gum-Bloodwood Forest
    • 3577 Yuraygir Range Bloodwood-Stringybark Forest
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  • Northern Escarpment Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3679 Northeast New England Ranges Blackbutt Dry Forest
    • 3683 Timbarra Granite Blackbutt Forest
    • 3684 Timbarra Granite Strawberry Gum-Stringybark Woodland
  • Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3581 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple Forest
    • 3582 Hunter Coast Lowland Apple-Bloodwood Forest
    • 3583 Hunter Coast Lowland Scribbly Gum Forest
    • 3593 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Bloodwood Shrub Forest
    • 3595 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Gully Forest
    • 3596 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Forest
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  • Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3617 Sydney Hinterland Peppermint-Apple Forest
    • 3620 Sydney Hinterland Turpentine Sheltered Forest
    • 3621 Sydney Hinterland Turpentine-Apple Gully Forest

• Forested wetlands
  • Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
    • 4020 Coastal Creekflat Layered Grass-Sedge Swamp Forest
    • 4021 Coastal Creekline Dry Shrubby Swamp Forest
    • 4042 Lower North Riverflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Forest
    • 4046 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Red Gum Forest
    • 4047 Northern Swamp Mahogany-Bottlebrush Swamp Forest
  • Coastal Swamp Forests
    • 3998 Lower North Creekflat Mahogany Swamp Forest
    • 4001 Northern Floodplain Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
    • 4003 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Mahogany Forest
    • 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
    • 4006 Northern Paperbark-Swamp Mahogany Saw-sedge Forest
  • Eastern Riverine Forests
    • 42 River Red Gum / River Oak riparian woodland wetland in the Hunter Valley

• Grassy woodlands
  • Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
    • 3322 Far North Ranges Red Gum Grassy Forest

• Heathlands
  • Northern Montane Heaths
    • 4133 Western Washpool Rock Shrubland

• Rainforests
  • Dry Rainforests
    • 2079 Blakes Wattle - Wilga - Wild Quince - Kurrajong thickets, NSW North Coast Bioregion and New England Tablelands Bioregion
    • 3070 Far North Hinterland Kamala-Coogera Dry Rainforest
    • 4111 Lower North Grey Myrtle Riparian Dry Rainforest
    • 3086 Lower North Hinterland Riparian Dry Rainforest
    • 3089 Lower North Waterhousea Riparian Rainforest
    • 3091 Lower North Waterhousea-Water Gum Rainforest
    • 3101 Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
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  • Littoral Rainforests
    • 3130 Mid North Tuckeroo-Paperbark Littoral Wet Forest
    • 3131 Myall-Wallis Lakes Littoral Rainforest
    • 3132 Northern Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Forest
    • 3133 Sydney Coast Tuckeroo Littoral Rainforest
  • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
    • 3027 Gibraltar Range Tea-tree-Phebalium Shrubland
    • 1529 Lilly Pilly - Coachwood gully warm temperate rainforest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
    • 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
    • 4107 Mid North Escarpment Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
    • 3031 Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech Rainforest
    • 3032 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood Rainforest
    • 3033 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Prickly Ash Rainforest
    • 3035 Northern Ranges Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
    • 1531 Sassafras - Grey Possumwood warm temperate rainforest of the New England escarpment
    • 1523 Sassafras - Prickly Ash - Lilly Pilly warm temperate rainforest on ranges of the Barrington Tops and lower North Coast
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  • Subtropical Rainforests
    • 3003 Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
    • 4105 Border Ranges Red Carabeen Rainforest
    • 3121 Broken Head Lowland Rainforest
    • 3011 Far North Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
    • 845 Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
    • 3100 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Dendrocnide Subtropical Rainforest
    • 3021 Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
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• Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
  • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3230 Central Coast Escarpment Moist Forest
    • 3233 Far North Hinterland Grey Gum Grassy Forest
    • 3234 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
    • 3237 Hunter Range Blue Gum Gully Forest
    • 3238 Hunter Range Colluvial Apple-Gum Forest
    • 3240 Lower North Escarpment Red Gum Grassy Forest
    • 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
    • 3244 Lower North Spotted Gum-Mahogany-Ironbark Sheltered Forest
    • 3241 Lower North White Mahogany-Spotted Gum Moist Forest
    • 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub Forest
    • 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
    • 3251 Northern Gorges Diverse Grassy Forest
    • 3167 Northern Hinterland Blackbutt-Forest Oak Wet Forest
    • 3252 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Mahogany Grassy Forest
    • 3253 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Turpentine Mesic Forest
    • 3254 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Forest Oak Grassy Forest
    • 3170 Northern Hinterland White Mahogany Moist Grassy Forest
    • 3263 Watagan Range Turpentine-Mahogany Grassy Forest
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  • Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3278 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Grassy Forest
    • 1547 Silvertop Stringybark - Messmate - Sydney Blue Gum moist shrub-grass tall open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
    • 1546 Sydney Blue Gum - Silvertop Stringybark grassy open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast

• Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3139 Border Ranges Brush Box-Tallowwood Wet Forest
    • 3150 Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet Forest
    • 3084 Lower North Brown Myrtle Wet Forest
    • 3158 Lower North Foothills Turpentine-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
    • 3087 Lower North Ranges Riparian Turpentine Forest
    • 3160 Lower North Turpentine-Tallowwood-Grey Gum Forest
    • 1575 Messmate - Forest Ribbon Gum - New England Blackbutt shrub - grass tall open forest of Barrington Tops and Northern Tablelands escarpment
    • 3161 Mid North Hinterland Wet Forest
    • 3165 Northern Brush Box Subtropical Wet Forest
    • 3166 Northern Escarpment Brush Box-Tallowwood-Maple Wet Forest
    • 3168 Northern Hinterland Brush Box-Quince Wet Forest
    • 3169 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
    • 3102 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine Wet Forest
    • 3171 Northern Lowland Viney Wet Forest
    • 3172 Northern Ranges Brush Box-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
    • 3173 Northern Ranges Dunns Gum-Brush Box Wet Forest
    • 3174 Northern Turpentine-Brush Box Wet Forest
    • 1563 Sydney Blue Gum – New England Blackbutt - Whitetop Box moist shrub – grass tall open forest of the lower North Coast
    • 3176 Sydney Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest
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  • Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • 931 Messmate - Mountain Gum tall moist forest of the far southern New England Tableland Bioregion
    • 1574 Messmate grassy tall open forest on Barrington and Northern Tablelands escarpment
    • 3202 Mid North Escarpment Ranges Blackbutt Forest
    • 1577 New England Blackbutt - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy tall open forest of the Northern Tablelands escarpment
    • 3206 Northern Escarpment Corkwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
    • 3205 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Tallowwood Wet Forest
    • 3208 Northern Escarpment Rocky Blackbutt Scrub Woodland
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