Endangered Species in the Googong Region

Report any sightings to the NSW Department of Environment & Conservation

Rosenberg's monitor.
Varanus Rosenbergi
Commonly known as the southern heath
monitor. Grows to approx 1.5metres in length

"National Parks and Wildlife Service Threatened species officer, James Dawson, said researchers were particularly interested in sighting of the threatened Rosenberg's Goanna and Pink-tailed Worm Lizard. The NPWS is drawing up recovery plans for both species".

Pink-nosed Worm-Lizard
Aprasia inaurita

Golden Sun Moth

The Golden Sun Moth ( Synemon plana ) is a medium-sized moth with the slightly larger male having a wing span of about 34 mm. The upper surfaces of male forewings and hindwings are patterned bronzy brown and grey; the female has dark grey patterned forewings and bright orange hindwings with black submarginal spots. The adults are without functional mouthparts; they have strongly clubbed antennae and the female has a long extensible ovipositor.

The Golden Sun Moth was once relatively widespread in native grasslands of south-eastern Australia but its abundance is now much reduced. Currently, the species is known from 16 sites in the ACT (six of which are small and isolated) 11 sites in NSW and five sites in Victoria.

In the ACT, the moth occurs in natural temperate grasslands dominated by Danthonia carphoides, a wallaby grass, in areas adjacent to and within the city of Canberra.