Pygmy Blue Tongue Project Survey

Pygmy bluetongues are considered critically endangered in Australia. They were thought to be extinct until their re-discovery in 1992. Between 1992 to 1997 a study was conducted to assist in research and ecology of the Tiliqua adelaidensis, in determining the habitat of the species. Between 2005 and 2010 there were 23 known populations of Pygmy Bluetongues in the Mid North. The project during this time aimed to survey and monitor 9 known populations of the lizard to develop a better understanding of their population processes. The Pygmy Blue Tongue Project Survey is part of the Biological Survey of South Australia Program which is a series of systematic surveys conducted across the state between 1971 and the present with the broad aim of providing a baseline inventory of South Australia's flora and fauna biodiversity.

Tags: Actinobole uliginosum (A.Gray) H.Eichler, Aira sp., Anthosachne scabra (R.Br.) Nevski, Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns, Aristida behriana F.Muell., Arthropodium fimbriatum R.Br., Arthropodium strictum R.Br., Asperula conferta Hook.f., Asphodelus fistulosus L., Atriplex semibaccata R.Br., Austrostipa blackii (C.E.Hubb.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa curticoma (Vickery) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa elegantissima (Labill.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa eremophila (Reader) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa gibbosa (Vickery) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa nitida (Summerh. & C.E.Hubb.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa nodosa (S.T.Blake) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata, Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata (Hughes) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa setacea (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa sp., Avena barbata Pott ex Link, Boerhavia dominii Meikle & Hewson, Boerhavia sp., Brachypodium distachyon (L.) P.Beauv., Brachyscome ciliaris (Labill.) Less. var. ciliaris, Bromus diandrus Roth, Bromus hordeaceus L. subsp. hordeaceus, Bromus madritensis L., Bromus rubens L., Bulbine bulbosa (R.Br.) Haw., Bupleurum semicompositum L., Bursaria spinosa Cav. subsp. spinosa, Calocephalus citreus Less., Calostemma purpureum R.Br., Carthamus lanatus L., Chamaesyce drummondii (Boiss.) D.C.Hassall, Chenopodium desertorum (J.M.Black) J.M.Black subsp. desertorum, Chenopodium desertorum subsp. microphyllum Paul G.Wilson, Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Labill.) Steetz, Convolvulus erubescens Sims, Crassula colorata var. acuminata, Critesion sp., Cryptandra campanulata Schltdl., Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin, Cymbonotus preissianus Steetz, Cynara cardunculus subsp. flavescens Wiklund, Daucus glochidiatus (Labill.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Ave-Lall., Dichondra repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Disturbance, Dysphania pumilio (R.Br.) Mosyakin & Clemants, Echium plantagineum L., Elachanthus pusillus F.Muell., Elymus scaber (R.Br.) A.Love var. scaber, Enchylaena tomentosa R.Br. var. tomentosa, Enneapogon nigricans (R.Br.) P.Beauv., Erodium botrys (Cav.) Bertol., Erodium crinitum Carolin, Erodium cygnorum subsp. glandulosum Carolin, Eryngium ovinum A.Cunn., Fauna, Flora, Gnaphalium sp., Gonocarpus elatus (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Orchard, Goodenia pinnatifida Schltdl., Goodenia pusilliflora F.Muell., Haloragis aspera Lindl., Heliotropium europaeum L., Hordeum glaucum Steud., Hyalosperma glutinosum Steetz subsp. glutinosum, Hypochaeris glabra L., Hypochaeris radicata L., Juncus bufonius L., Juncus flavidus L.A.S.Johnson, Juncus kraussii Hochst., Landscape, Leontodon rhagadioloides (L.) Enke & Zidorn, Lepidium africanum (Burm.f.) DC., Leptorhynchos squamatus (Labill.) Less. subsp. squamatus, Leptorhynchos tetrachaetus (Schltdl.) J.M.Black, Lithology, Logfia gallica (L.) Coss. & Germ., Lolium perenne L., Lolium sp., Lomandra effusa (Lindl.) Ewart, Lomandra micrantha subsp. micrantha, Lomandra multiflora subsp. dura (F.Muell.) T.D.Macfarl., Maireana aphylla (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana enchylaenoides (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana excavata (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana rohrlachii (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana trichoptera (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson, Marrubium vulgare L., Medicago littoralis Rohde ex Loisel., Medicago minima (L.) L. ex Bartal. var. minima, Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha, Medicago truncatula Gaertn., Minuria leptophylla DC., Moraea setifolia (L.f.) Druce, Neatostema apulum (L.) I.M.Johnst., Onopordum acanthium L., Oxalis perennans Haw., Parapholis incurva (L.) C.E.Hubb., Petrorhagia dubia (Raf.) G.Lopez & Romo, Petrorhagia sp., Pimelea curviflora var. acuta, Pimelea micrantha F.Muell. ex Meisn., Plantae sp., Plantago gaudichaudii Barneoud, Plantago varia R.Br., Poa bulbosa L., Pogonolepis muelleriana (Sond.) P.S.Short, Ptilotus erubescens Schltdl., Ptilotus sp., Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir., Reseda lutea L., Rhodanthe pygmaea (DC.) Paul G.Wilson, Romulea sp., Rostraria cristata (L.) Tzvelev, Rumex dumosus A.Cunn. ex Meisn., Rytidosperma auriculatum (J.M.Black) Connor & Edgar, Rytidosperma caespitosum (Gaudich.) Connor & Edgar, Rytidosperma carphoides (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Connor & Edgar, Rytidosperma erianthum (Lindl.) Connor & Edgar, Rytidosperma pilosum (R.Br.) Connor & Edgar, Rytidosperma racemosum (R.Br.) Connor & Edgar var. racemosum, Rytidosperma setaceum (R.Br.) Connor & Edgar, Rytidosperma tenuius (Steud.) A.Hansen & Sunding, Salsola australis L., Salvia verbenaca L. var. verbenaca, Salvia verbenaca var. verbenaca, Sclerolaena diacantha (Nees) Benth., Sida corrugata Lindl. var. corrugata, Sida corrugata var. augustifolia, Sida corrugata var. augustifolia Benth., Soil, Solanum nigrum L., Sonchus oleraceus L., Species Presence/Abundance, Stackhousia monogyna Labill., Themeda triandra Forssk., Trifolium angustifolium L., Trifolium arvense L. var. arvense, Trifolium campestre Schreb., Trifolium glomeratum L., Trifolium sp., Triptilodiscus pygmaeus Turcz., Valerianella discoidea (L.) Loisel., Vegetation Structure, Vittadinia blackii N.T.Burb., Vittadinia condyloides N.T.Burb., Vittadinia cuneata DC. var. cuneata, Vittadinia cuneata var. cuneata, Vittadinia gracilis (Hook.f.) N.T.Burb., Vittadinia megacephala (Benth.) J.M.Black, Vittadinia sp., Vulpia muralis (Kunth) Nees, Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C.Gmel. f. myuros, Vulpia myuros f. megaleura, Vulpia myuros f. megalura (Nutt.) Stace & R.Cotton, Vulpia sp., Wahlenbergia gracilenta Lothian, Wahlenbergia luteola P.J.Sm.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery