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Bass has or used to have 24 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Scottsdale Burrowing Crayfish.

We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.

Scottsdale Burrowing Crayfish

Engaeus spinicaudatus

Status: Endangered

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories

Engaeus spinicaudatus is only found within Bass

The Scottsdale Burrowing Crayfish is a small, fresh water crayfish found north of Scottsdale in north-eastern Tasmania. This species can be found in a variety of habitats, though its preferred habitat appears to be wet buttongrass and heathy plains. Scottsdale Burrowing Crayfish breeds in November to December and this may be the only time male crayfish are found openly wandering on the surface.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

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