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O'Connor has or used to have 48 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Walpole 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.

Photo of Walpole Burrowing Crayfish

Walpole Burrowing Crayfish

Engaewa walpolea

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

Engaewa walpolea is only found within O'Connor

The Walpole Burrowing Crayfish is a small burrowing crayfish up to 50 mm in length. It generally has a pale to mid-brown colour with purplish-blue claws. The narrow abdomen is often shorter than the head and thorax. Other distinguishing features are the reduced eye size, large claws adapted to digging, and the fingers of the claws move in a vertical plane.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Adverse fire regimesAdverse fire regimes

Climate change and severe weatherClimate change and severe weather

Invasive species and diseasesInvasive species and diseases

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

O'Connor has or used to have 221 threatened plants found within its boundaries. Some of these might not be as photogenic as the Walpole Burrowing Crayfish but they're just as important.

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