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Threatened species

Eastern Fat-tailed Gecko - Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Diplodactylus platyurus
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 01 Dec 2017

Distribution of the species within this region

The Eastern Fat-tailed Gecko is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Strzelecki Desert Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Eastern Fat-tailed Gecko - Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Arid shrublands (Acacia sub-formation)
    • Gibber Transition Shrublands
      • 197 Black Box - Gidgee - chenopod low open woodland wetland on alluvial clay soils in the Culgoa River region of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Mulga Lands Bioregion
      • 118 Gidgee chenopod woodland on red-brown clays in the semi-arid (hot) climate zone mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion.
      • 131 Gidgee of the intermittent watercourses or the arid zone (mainly Channel Country Bioregion and Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields Bioregion)
    • Sand Plain Mulga Shrublands
      • 140 Broombush shrubland in dunefields of the arid climate zone
      • 129 Cabbage-tree Wattle shrubland of the inland plains and drainage lines
      • 199 Hooked Needlewood - Needlewood - Mulga - Turpentine Bush open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid plains
      • 143 Narrow-leaved Hopbush - Scrub Turpentine - Senna shrubland on semi-arid and arid sandplains and dunes.
      • 128 Nelia tall open shrubland of semi-arid sandplains
      • 139 Prickly Wattle tall open shrubland of dunes and sandplains of semi-arid and arid regions
      • 220 Purple Wood wattle shrubland of the arid zone sandplains
      • 124 Sandhill Wattle open shrubland on sand ridges mainly in the arid zone
      • 119 Sandplain Mulga tall shrubland - open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid climate zones
      • 232 Senna - Mulga - Needlewood open shrubland on loam-clay soils in swales and on the edges of claypans in the arid zone
      • 215 Woollybutt Grass open grassland on red earths of the inland plains
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    • Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands
      • 127 Bastard Mulga tall open shrubland of the semi-arid (hot) and arid climate zones
      • 60 Black Oak - Western Rosewood - bluebush/saltbush low sparse woodland on gravel downs in the arid climate zone
      • 169 Curly Mallee - bluebush open woodland of the arid zone
      • 138 Desert Paper-bark shrubland wetland of semi-arid and arid climate zone watercourses.
      • 194 Heather Bush - Mulga - Umbrella Mulga open shrubland on gravelly rises mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion
      • 130 Horse Mulga - Umbrella Mulga shrubland on ranges in the arid and semi-arid climate zones
      • 123 Mulga - Dead Finish on stony hills mainly of the Channel Country Bioregion and Broken Hill Complex Bioregion
      • 132 Mulga - Rock Fuchsia-bush sparse shrubland of silcrete scarps and mesas of the Channel Country Bioregion
      • 120 Mulga shrubland on stony rises in the arid and semi-arid climate zones, mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion
      • 359 Porcupine Grass - Red Mallee - Gum Coolabah hummock grassland / low sparse woodland on metamorphic ranges on the Barrier Range, Broken Hill Complex Bioregion
      • 121 Umbrella Mulga - Beefwood open shrubland on Peery Hills, Mulga Lands Bioregion
      • 68 White Cypress Pine - Mulga low open woodland on the stony ranges of the arid zone (far north western NSW).
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  • Arid shrublands (Chenopod sub-formation)
    • Aeolian Chenopod Shrublands
      • 225 Bladder Saltbush low open chenopod shrubland of the Strzelecki dunefields of the arid climate zone
      • 151 Sandhill Cane Grass hummock grassland on siliceous sands on dune crests of the arid zone
    • Gibber Chenopod Shrublands
      • 150 Bottlewasher - Copperburr grassland of the arid zone
      • 224 Cotton Bush - copperburr open shrubland of the arid climate zone
      • 167 Kerosene Grass - Mulka grass - short grassland/forbland of the arid zone
      • 61 Mitchell Grass - saltbush grassland/shrubland of the gibber downs of the arid climate zone
      • 136 Prickly Wattle open shrubland of drainage lines on stony rises and plains of the arid climate zone
      • 183 Windmill Grass - love grass - daisy derived grassland/forbland of arid climate zone
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    • Riverine Chenopod Shrublands
      • 377 Copperburr low open shrubland on loam - clay flats and playas, western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and northern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
      • 158 Old Man Saltbush - mixed chenopod shrubland of the semi-arid hot (persistently dry) and arid climate zones (north-western NSW)
  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Inland Floodplain Shrublands
      • 375 Budda Pea - Channel Millet ephemeral reedland wetland on floodplains in north-western NSW
      • 161 Golden Goosefoot shrubland wetland in swamps of the arid and semi-arid (hot summer) zones
      • 25 Lignum shrubland wetland on floodplains and depressions of the Mulga Lands Bioregion, Channel Country Bioregion in the arid and semi-arid (hot) climate zones