4.6. Native Fauna

A number of threatened animal species occur in the Lower Murrumbidgee. One endangered amphibian, ten endangered birds, and one endangered reptile are known to occur in the region. Other endangered species are predicted for the region but have not been recorded. Many other vulnerable species are known or expected to occur in the Lower Murrumbidgee.

A more thorough listing of endangered species for the Murrumbidgee Catchment (Upper, Mid and Lower) is given under Schedule 4 of the Catchment Action Plan for 2008.

References and Resources
• Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority. 2008. Schedule 4 – Assets and issues of national and state environmental significance. In Catchment Action Plant (2008).

For lists of threatened species found in the Lachlan Plains (north of Griffith), Murrumbidgee (including Hay), Darling Depression, Lachlan (north of Hay) and Murray Basin Sands subregions of the Murrumbidgee Catchment, see:
• NSW Government – Environment and Heritage. Undated. New South Wales threatened species.