From the Wingham Chronicle
Climate change is affecting freshwater turtle populations in NSW and is considered a very real threat, it was revealed at the Manning River Turtle Workshops in Wingham on June 6 and 7, 2019.
Mummified eggs, ground baked so hard that hatchlings could not dig their way out, and yolks in some eggs cooking before hatchlings emerge, have been reported by researchers working to conserve the endangered Bells turtle (also known as the Namoi River snapping turtle) on the northern tablelands.