World Turtle News, 06/19/2019

Endangered Manning River helmeted turtle thriving in some areas — and dingoes are helping

It has been described as one of Australia’s most beautiful and ancient creatures, yet much is still not known about the rare and endangered Manning River helmeted turtle.

In 2017 it was declared an endangered species, and Office of Environment and Heritage researcher Andrew Steed said it was at risk from habitat loss, predation and disease.

“The Manning River helmeted turtle is regarded as one of Australia’s most beautiful freshwater turtles, having bright yellow stripes on its head, throat and tail,” Mr Steed said.

“The species is the ancestor of virtually all Australian turtles.

“It is one of only four species in the genus, two of those are also endangered in NSW.

“Its first sister is the Bellinger River snapping turtle, which only occurs in the Bellinger River and had a catastrophic population crash in 2016. The other is the Bell’s turtle from up on the NSW Northern tablelands.

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