“…In 2015, a novel nidovirus of unknown origin, now named Bellinger River virus (BRV), was apparently responsible for mass mortality of Bellinger River snapping turtles ( Myuchelys georgesi ) in the Bellinger River, New South Wales (NSW), Australia (Jakob‐Hoff et al, ; Moloney, Britton, & Matthews, ; Zhang et al, ). Myuchelys georgesi (Figure a) is a moderate‐sized, omnivorous, short‐necked chelid turtle (maximum carapace length 240 mm) with an historical distribution confined to approximately 70 km of the Bellinger River and a short length of its major tributary the Kalang River (Allanson & Georges, ; Blamires, Spencer, King, & Thompson, ; Cann, ; Cann, Spencer, Welsh, & Georges, ).…”