Aprasia parapulchella Distribution for Biodiversity Impact Assessments in NSW

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water developed this geospatial layer depicting the distribution of the Pink-tailed Legless Lizard (Aprasia parapulchella). The data is intended to inform impact and stewardship assessments under the Biodiversity Assessment Method. It was last updated on 2026-05-03 and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling potential habitat impacts for development proposals based on the species distribution layer.
• Informing biodiversity stewardship site selection based on known species presence.
• Supporting environmental impact statements with authoritative species range data.

Strengths

• Developed by the authoritative state environmental agency (NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water).
• Has a specific, documented purpose for informing regulatory biodiversity assessments.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial resolution are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its source, focusing on New South Wales.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Collection Method

Likely compiled from field surveys, ecological modeling, or historical records for regulatory purposes.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-03 21:58:33.143903; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely focuses on New South Wales, Australia, given the authoring organization.