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Developing Habitat Descriptors for a Threatened Cryptic Worm-Lizard to Determine Potential Habitat Under the NSW Biodiversity Offset Scheme in Australia

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By Rob Armstrong, Nat O'Rourke, Robert Speirs
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1 Introduction The pink-tailed worm lizard (Aprasia parapulchella) Kluge 1974 (Pygopodidae) is a fossorial worm-like legless lizard with poorly developed hindlimb flaps and no obvious external ear openings (Figure 1). The snout-vent length is up to 140 mm, with a dark brown head and nape merging into a pale grey or grey-brown body and basal portion of the tail merging into a pinkish or reddish-brown terminal half of the tail (Cogger 2018).
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Using Expert Knowledge to Guide Transparent Mapping of Occupiable Threatened Species Habitat for Environmental Impact Assessment Purposes

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By Rob Armstrong, Nat O'Rourke, Laura Schweickle
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1 Introduction Environmental impact assessments (EIAs) are a regulatory process designed to identify, predict and mitigate potential environmental impacts of development projects (McIntosh 2010). A critical component for EIAs is the transparent and repeatable mapping of the likely extent of occupiable habitat for threatened species and threatened ecological communities (i.e., habitat that supports the focal species in a location where it has been detected) (Tenney et al.
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