Two native turtles are vying to survive in a coastal Australian river. One doesn’t belong there

By Jessica Tout-Lyon, Lecturer and Researcher, Marine, Molecular and Microbial Ecology, Charles Sturt University
Elise Furlan, Researcher, Molecular Ecology, University of Canberra
Louise Streeting, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England
Mathew John Bell, Senior Ecologist, Art Gallery NSW

The Manning River Helmeted turtle (Myuchelys purvisi) might just be Australia’s most beautiful freshwater turtle.

With a bright yellow stripe stretching from their nose to the tip of their tail, these striking turtles are hard to miss.

The Manning River turtle is found nowhere else on earth except for the few…

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