Bellinger River Snapping Turtle - NSW North Coast: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Myuchelys georgesi

Conservation status in NSW: Critically Endangered

Commonwealth status: Critically Endangered

Last updated: 13 Sep 2021

Distribution of the species within this region

The Bellinger River Snapping Turtle is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the NSW North Coast Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

Save to CSV

Click on column headers to sort

IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Coffs Coast and Escarpment	Known	Bellinger River and Rosewood River

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Bellinger River Snapping Turtle - NSW North Coast is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
- Clarence Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3427 Northern Hinterland Hills Bloodwood-Red Gum Grassy Forest
- New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3500 Cathedral Rock Granite Peppermint-Gum Forest
- Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3461 Macleay Gorges Stringybark-Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3464 Northern Gorges Grey Gum-Tallowwood Grassy Forest

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3574 Northern Lowland Sandstones Dry Open Forest

Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
  - 4028 Estuarine Swamp Oak Twig-rush Forest
  - 4042 Lower North Riverflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Forest
  - 4044 Northern Creekflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Mesic Swamp Forest
  - 4046 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Red Gum Forest
  - 4047 Northern Swamp Mahogany-Bottlebrush Swamp Forest
  - 4048 Northern Swamp Oak-Paperbark Forest
  - Show 3 more vegetation type(s)
  - Hide Vegetation Types
- Coastal Swamp Forests
  - 3990 Far North Paperbark Gahnia Swamp Forest
  - 4000 Northern Estuarine Paperbark Sedge Forest
  - 4001 Northern Floodplain Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
  - 4002 Northern Lowland Orange Gum Dry Swamp Forest
  - 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
  - 4006 Northern Paperbark-Swamp Mahogany Saw-sedge Forest
  - Show 3 more vegetation type(s)
  - Hide Vegetation Types
- Eastern Riverine Forests
  - 4078 Northern Gorges River Oak Forest

Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
  - 3959 Coast Sands Jointed Twig-rush Sedgeland
  - 3962 Coastal Floodplain Phragmites Reedland
  - 3963 Estuarine Reedland
  - 3967 Northern Lower Floodplain Eleocharis Wetland
- Coastal Heath Swamps
  - 3912 Northern Sand Swale Paperbark Sedge Shrubland
- Montane Bogs and Fens
  - 4164 New England Peppermint Swamp Margin Woodland
  - 3944 New England Tableland Carex Fens

Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
  - 3323 Far North Lowland Basalt Grassy Forest
- Subalpine Woodlands
  - 3379 Barrington-Point Lookout Montane Grassy Forest

Heathlands
- Northern Montane Heaths
  - 3834 Mount Warning Caldera Tea-tree Rocky Scrub

Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
  - 99996 Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)

Rainforests
- Cool Temperate Rainforests
  - 3052 Northern Escarpment Antarctic Beech Rainforest
- Dry Rainforests
  - 3056 Central Eastern Ranges Riparian Dry Rainforest
  - 3098 Northern Escarpment Grey Myrtle Gully Rainforest
  - 3101 Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
- Littoral Rainforests
  - 3124 Far North Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Littoral Rainforest
  - 3130 Mid North Tuckeroo-Paperbark Littoral Wet Forest
- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3031 Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech Rainforest
  - 3032 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood Rainforest
  - 3033 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Prickly Ash Rainforest
  - 3035 Northern Ranges Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - 3037 Sydney Basin Warm Temperate Rainforest
- Subtropical Rainforests
  - 3001 Lismore Basalt Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3021 Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest

Saline wetlands
- Mangrove Swamps
  - 4091 Grey Mangrove-River Mangrove Forest
- Saltmarshes
  - 4103 Sporobolus virginicus Saltmarsh

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub Forest
  - 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
  - 3251 Northern Gorges Diverse Grassy Forest
  - 3167 Northern Hinterland Blackbutt-Forest Oak Wet Forest
  - 3252 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Mahogany Grassy Forest
  - 3253 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Turpentine Mesic Forest
  - 3254 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Forest Oak Grassy Forest
  - Show 4 more vegetation type(s)
  - Hide Vegetation Types
- Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3278 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Grassy Forest
  - 3286 Northern Escarpment Blackbutt Cool Moist Forest
  - 3287 Northern Escarpment Messmate Cool Wet Forest
  - 3288 Northern Escarpment Messmate Moist Grassy Forest

Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3161 Mid North Hinterland Wet Forest
  - 3162 Mid North Lowland Flooded Gum-Palm Wet Forest
  - 3165 Northern Brush Box Subtropical Wet Forest
  - 3166 Northern Escarpment Brush Box-Tallowwood-Maple Wet Forest
  - 3168 Northern Hinterland Brush Box-Quince Wet Forest
  - 3169 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3171 Northern Lowland Viney Wet Forest
  - 3172 Northern Ranges Brush Box-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
  - 3174 Northern Turpentine-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - Show 6 more vegetation type(s)
  - Hide Vegetation Types
- Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3202 Mid North Escarpment Ranges Blackbutt Forest
  - 3206 Northern Escarpment Corkwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3207 Northern Escarpment Layered Blackbutt Fern Forest
  - 3203 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
  - 3205 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Tallowwood Wet Forest
  - 3208 Northern Escarpment Rocky Blackbutt Scrub Woodland
  - Show 3 more vegetation type(s)
  - Hide Vegetation Types

Images

Adult Bellinger River Snapping Turtle. Image 1 of 2.
View slideshow.

Related information

Get involved

Report a sighting

Nature conservation

Threatened species

Bellinger River Snapping Turtle - NSW North Coast: Distribution and vegetation associations

Distribution of the species within this region

Vegetation formations, classes and types

Images

Related information