Survey of the Giant Gippsland Earthworm, Megascolides australis in areas potentially affected by a realignment of the South Gippsland Highway – Korumburra to Leongatha

Beverley D. Van Praagh and Simon D. Hinkley

Museum Victoria Science Reports: No. 4 pp 1-4 (2002)

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2002.04

Abstract

The Giant Gippsland Earthworm was not recorded in any of the sites examined within the proposed area of the South Gippsland Highway realignment from Korumburra to Leongatha. No specific mitigation measures are required in relation to the Giant Gippsland Earthworm

Citation

Van Praagh, B.D., and Hinkley, S.D. 2002. Further studies on the Giant Gippsland Earthworm (Megascolides australis) population at Loch Hill, South Gippsland, Victoria. Museum Victoria Science Reports 4: 1–4

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