It is listed as critically endangered under the Australian government's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, due to there being just one confirmed population and extreme fluctuations in the number of mature individuals, together with a continuing decline in the habitat quality.
This species is listed as critically endangered under the Australian government's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, primarily because it has only one known population and experiences extreme variations in the number of adult individuals, coupled with an ongoing deterioration in its living environment.