Expeditions: New South Wales

In December of 2005, Scott travelled to Canberra, Australian Capital Territory to collect three species of freshwater turtles common in surrounding areas of New South Wales. Dr. Sean Doody, Dr. Arthur Georges, Mr. Scott Thomson and Mr. Dave Rhind of the University of Canberra provided collection and logistical support that allowed us to collect Emydura macquarii, Chelodina expansa and Chelodina longicollis. Most of our collections were in and around the Yass River north of Canberra and at the Mungabareena Reserve on the Murray River, near Albany, NSW. The turtles were heavily infected with parasite species that had been previously described from the area around Brisbane, QLD and northern areas of NSW.

Wild dogs hung in a tree by pastoralists	A swamp wallaby
Lizard	A water dragon
Nematodes embedded in the stomach of a turtle	Scott Snyder with a large Emydura macquarii at the Yass River
Dave Rhind helps out with Emydura	Waterfall in the forest of New South Wales
A stretch of road north of Canberra	Mungabareena Reserve near the Murray River
Turtle biologist Scott Thomson lends a hand	Mountains of eastern NSW
Coastal NSW	Kangaroos graze in Canberra

Authors: Vasyl V. Tkach, Scott D. Snyder, Yuriy Kuzmin