Talk:Wet Tropics of Queensland

To include
I have come across at least two articles mentioning that several endemic species are monotypic. This needs to be covered. Also the area has been geologically stable for a long period partially leading to its extensive evolutionary history. We should also mention frogs, possibly soil types and expand the environmental threats section with details and more on the human impact on non-protected areas. - Shiftchange (talk) 01:30, 24 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes yes yes. We can do all that and more – Many locally endemic species, genera and even families, eg. Austrobaileyaceae and Idiospermaceae (/Calycanthaceae). Many monotypic genera and even families, grow in the Wet Tropics region; i mean in the biogeographic region, and now officially part of the global biodiversity hotspot region (larger area, again) (– not talking about only the decided, political boundaries of the world heritage wet tropics area).
 * A key quotation of one of the current, overview, documentation sources:




 * So, i am now reading the full text of this journal paper, and we will see if anything new on the plants subject comes from it:
 * ——--macropneuma 05:34, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * ——--macropneuma 05:34, 24 March 2013 (UTC)


 * A freely available, simpler summary was written of: the great above Metcalfe and Ford paper—i’ve fully read it now, the chapter above it with the quotation and a scientific paper on the animals—
 * for the Wet Tropics Management Agency’s web site, here:
 * → http://wettropics.gov.au/endemic-species   ——--macropneuma 06:02, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 10:28, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Bat
This is the previous description of a bat found here: "Australia's rarest mammal, the tube nosed insectivorous murina florious bat,..." I think that what this is referring to is the Flores tube-nosed bat aka the flute-nosed bat, Murina florium, so have changed the text to that. I can't find any source however for this being "Australia's rarest mammal". Any better-informed / sourced comments very welcome either on the bat species or on its rarity.Ingratis (talk) 13:14, 26 July 2019 (UTC)


 * I think its time to remove the statement, as there has been no support forthcoming. Additionally, I've just done some searches and found this 2014 article from Australian Geographic which contains a list of Australia's 10 most critically endangered animals, citing the IUCN and the EPBC. It doesn't mention Murina florium. Junglenut &#124;Talk 00:27, 25 March 2023 (UTC)