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Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.

Durack has or used to have 72 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Hamelin Ctenotus.

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.

Photo of Hamelin Ctenotus

Hamelin Ctenotus

Ctenotus zastictus

Status: Vulnerable

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

Ctenotus zastictus has greater than 80% of its range within Durack

A blackish reptile growing to 6 cm with dark-brown head and tail, broad black vertebral stripe narrowly edged with white, narrow white back-sides stripe from eye to tail bordered by a broad black upper zone containing pale spots/blotches, narrow side stripe from ear to groin and separated from a pale lower side stripe by a black zone, brown limbs striped with paler brown and whitish underbelly.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Adverse fire regimesAdverse fire regimes

Invasive species and diseasesInvasive species and diseases

Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.

Durack has or used to have 184 threatened plants found within its boundaries. Some of these might not be as photogenic as the Hamelin Ctenotus but they're just as important.

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