This Determination has been superseded by the 2010 Determination (Critically endangered species listing).
NSW Scientific Committee - final determination
The Scientific Committee has found that:
1. Pseudophryne pengilleyi has a distribution limited to the northern Australian Alps and the high country bordering and entering the A.C.T.
2. Pseudophryne pengilleyi is found in grassy marshlands above the treeline, or under logs and in vegetation beside creeks, marshes etc in wet sclerophyll forest. During the breeding season Pseudophryne pengilleyi is found in alpine Sphagnum bogs.
3. There is evidence of a decline in population of Pseudophryne pengilleyi in the Brindabella Range over the last 10 years.
4. Potential threats to Pseudophryne pengilleyi include human impacts, weed invasion, impacts from feral animals, control burning and erosion from roads and tracks and sedimentation.
5. Given the restricted geographic range and the evidence of population decline the Scientific Committee is of the opinion that the species is likely to become endangered.
Dr C Dickman
Chairperson
Scientific Committee
Gazetted: 15/11/96