Efforts to protect the internationally threatened pink-tailed worm-lizard is showing slow signs of pay off, with 74 animals detected at last count, an increase from 61 in 2014.
The native reptile, responsible for the relocation of the bridge along John Gorton Drive and the planning of West Belconnen around its habitat, is found along the rocky slopes of the Molonglo, Murrumbidgee and Queanbeyan river corridors, and adjacent hills in the ACT.
