Refugia for biological diversity in arid and semi-arid Australia
Biodiversity Series, Paper No. 4
S.R. Morton, J. Short and R.D. Barker, with an Appendix by G.F. Griffin and G. Pearce
Biodiversity Unit
Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, 1995
11. Refugia in South Australia (continued)
11.3. Reference number SA3
Refuge area: Serpentine Lakes
Biogeographic region: Great Victoria Desert
Type of refuge: Wetland
Lat./Long. 28°52’S / 129°11’E
Quality of refuge: Significant (2)
Area (km²): <1,000
Chief refuge value
A significant palaeodrainage system, although the precise significance of such systems has yet to be fully explored.
General description
Ephemeral saline playa lakes1.
ANZECC-listed species
None identified.
Regional endemics
None identified.
Relict species
None identified.
Other significant species
None identified.
Key threats
None identified.
Land tenure
Within the Unnamed Conservation Park.
Key references
1. Morelli and Drewien (1993)
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