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.
Hasluck has or used to have 15 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Western Swamp Tortoise.
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.
Western Swamp Tortoise
Pseudemydura umbrina
Status: Critically 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
Pseudemydura umbrina is found across 2 electorates.
The Western Swamp Tortoise is a brown turtle growing up to 150 mm in length with a squarish shell, flat and broad lower shell and a broad, flat head with a horny casque. Males do not exceed a carapace length of 155 mm or a weight of 550 g; females are smaller and do not grow beyond 135 mm carapace length or a weight of 410 g. Hatchlings have a carapace length of 24–29 mm and weigh 3.2–6.6 g.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
- Grass Wattle (Acacia anomala)
- Leafless Rock Wattle (Acacia aphylla)
- Slender Andersonia (Andersonia gracilis)
- Slender Tailflower (Anthocercis gracilis)
- Summer Honeypot (Banksia mimica)
- King Spider-orchid (Caladenia huegelii)
- Wavy-leaved Smokebush (Conospermum undulatum)
- Scarp Darwinia (Darwinia apiculata)
- Diplolaena andrewsii (Diplolaena andrewsii)
- Tall Donkey Orchid (Diuris drummondii)
- Dwarf Bee-orchid (Diuris micrantha)
- Purdie's Donkey-orchid (Diuris purdiei)
- Glossy-leafed Hammer Orchid (Drakaea elastica)
- Keighery's Eleocharis (Eleocharis keigheryi)
- Eremophila glabra subsp. chlorella (Eremophila glabra subsp. chlorella)
- Goodenia arthrotricha (Goodenia arthrotricha)
- Christine's Grevillea (Grevillea christineae)
- a shrub (Grevillea corrugata)
- Curved-leaf Grevillea (Grevillea curviloba subsp. curviloba)
- Narrow curved-leaf Grevillea (Grevillea curviloba subsp. incurva)
- Zig Zag Grevillea (Grevillea flexuosa)
- Selena's Synaphea (Synaphea sp. Fairbridge Farm )
- Cinnamon Sun Orchid (Thelymitra dedmaniarum)
- Star Sun-orchid (Thelymitra stellata)
- Granite Pink (Tribonanthes purpurea)
- Swan Hydatella (Trithuria occidentalis)
You are in federal electorate Hasluck.