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National Recovery Plan for Lister's Gecko Lepidodactylus listeri and the Christmas Island Blind Snake Typhlops exocoeti

prepared for

The Department of the Environment & Heritage

by

Dr Hal Cogger

Published by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage.
Made under the EPBC Act: November 2006

ISBN (0642 552258)

© Commonwealth of Australia
This publication is copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth. Requests and inquiries regarding reproduction should be addressed to:
    Assistant Secretary
    Natural Resource Management Policy Branch
    Department of the Environment and Heritage
    GPO Box 787
    CANBERRA ACT 2601

Note: This recovery plan sets out the actions necessary to stop the decline of, and support the recovery of, the listed threatened species or ecological community. The Australian Government is committed to acting in accordance with the plan and to implementing the plan as it applies to Commonwealth areas.

The plan has been developed with the involvement and cooperation of a broad range of stakeholders, but individual stakeholders have not necessarily committed to undertaking specific actions. The attainment of objectives and the provision of funds may be subject to budgetary and other constraints affecting the parties involved. Proposed actions may be subject to modification over the life of the plan due to changes in knowledge.

This plan should be cited as follows: Cogger, H. (2006). National Recovery Plan for Lister's Gecko Lepidodactylus listeri and the Christmas Island Blind Snake Typhlops exocoeti. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Canberra.

This document is available at:
http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/recovery/list-common.html
or from
       Community Information Unit
       Department of the Environment and Heritage
       GPO Box 787
       Canberra  ACT   2601
       Ph: 1800 803 772

Supplementary information on the threatened reptiles which are the subject of this Recovery Plan is available as a separate document entitled "Background Information on Lister's Gecko (Lepidodactylus listeri) and the Christmas Island Blind Snake (Typhlops exocoeti)", available at http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/recovery/list-common.html

Cover photos: Lepidodactylus listeri (upper, left) and Typhlops exocoeti (lower, right) - © Dr Hal Cogger

Contents

Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 1

Distribution and Ecology ............................................................................................................ 1

Habitat Critical to Survival ........................................................................................................ 1

Threats ......................................................................................................................................... 3

Recovery Plan Objectives ......................................................................................................…. 5

Recovery Actions .....................................................................................................................… 5

Costs .......................................................................................................................……….......... 7

Biodiversity Benefits ....................................................................................................….…...... 7

Management Actions ...........................................................................................................…... 7

Monitoring, reporting and review ......................................................................................…... 8

Performance Criteria ..........................................................................................................….... 8

Interests that may be affected by the Recovery Plan's Implementation......…................…... 8

Social and economic impacts .....................................................................................…............. 9

References .....................................................................................................................…........... 9

Summary

Lister's Gecko, Lepidodactylus listeri, and the Christmas Island Blind Snake, Typhlops exocoeti, are reptile species endemic to Christmas Island. Both are currently listed as Vulnerable (T. exocoeti as Ramphotyphlops exocoeti) under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999 (EPBC Act).