Grant Award View - GA126665

• GA126665-V1 - Grant timeframe has been extended from 30 June 2021 to 31 December 2021 (7-Jun-2021 )

This project will conduct surveys of reptiles in sandstone landscapes of the Sydney region that were burned in the 2019/2020 wildfires. We will use targeted approaches to assess site occupancy by priority listed and provisionally high priority listed reptiles, the Broad-headed Snake, Southern Water Skink, Mustard-bellied Snake and Broad-tailed Gecko at sites where historic records indicate that the species occurred prior to the fires. We will generate models relating occupancy of reptiles to indices of fire severity and habitat complexity. The results will provide key data that conservation managers can use to assess the status and effects of wildfire and other threatening processes on priority listed reptiles.