Cook Strait Tuatara

Description: English: Sphenodon punctatus. Tuatara in front of its burrow at the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary. The Tuatara isn't a lizard - according the the Wikipedia entry about Tuatara: "Its origin probably lies close to the split between the Lepidosauromorpha and the Archosauromorpha, making it the closest living thing we can find to a "proto-reptile". Date: 28 February 2006. Source: Own work. Author: Michael Hamilton Digitaltrails.

Description: English: Young adult male tuatara. Date: 22 November 2007. Source: Own work. Author: KeresH.

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Sphenodon punctatus embryo/fetus, alcohol preparation. Title: Sphenodon punctatus embryo/fetus, alcohol preparation. Object type: Classification: 2847 Sphenodon punctatus. Date: 17 March 1984date QS:P571,+1984-03-17T00:00:00Z/11. Collection: Auckland War Memorial Museum . . Native name: Tāmaki Paenga Hira. Location: Auckland, New Zealand. Coordinates: 36° 51′ 37″ S, 174° 46′ 40″ E . Established: October 25, 1852. Web page: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/. Authority control: : Q758657 VIAF: 138202601 ISNI: 0000 0001 2174 295X ULAN: 500281217 LCCN: no99028491 NLA: 35670621 WorldCat. institution QS:P195,Q758657. Accession number: LH832. Place of creation: Taranga Ecological District. Source/Photographer: API data Catalogue record Photo. Permission(Reusing this file): This image has been released as "CCBY" by Auckland Museum. For details refer to the Commons project page.

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Description: Magyar: Hidasgyík vagy tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) az angliai Cambridge University Museum of Zoology-ban. English: Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) at the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology, England. Date: 1 September 2018, 12:34:21. Source: kindly granted by the author. Author: Emőke Dénes. Permission(Reusing this file): This file was created by Emőke Dénes and uploaded by DenesFeri. : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue. : This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page. Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by an OTRS member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2017083110036563. If you have questions about the archived correspondence, please use the OTRS noticeboard. Ticket link: https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2017083110036563..

Description: Tuatara are endemic to New Zealand. They grow very slowly, live to over 100 years old and are the only survivors of an ancient group of reptiles which roamed the earth, along with the dinosaurs, over 200 million years ago. Tuatara are classified as an endangered species and are now found in the wild mainly on over 30 predator-free off-shore NZ islands. Photographed at Nga Manu Reserve near Waikanae. Date: 13 November 2010, 23:57. Source: Tuatara. Author: Sid Mosdell from New Zealand. Camera location40° 51′ 35.34″ S, 175° 03′ 39.36″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-40.859817; 175.060933.

Description: English: It is a close up picture of two Tuataras with one ontop of the other. Date: 29 July 2019. Source: In a Zoo Previously published: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/glcsh9/a_couple_of_new_zealand_tuataras/. Author: Koanarec.

Description: English: Juvenille Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) basking at Karori Sanctuary. To the right is the entrance to the juvenille's burrow. Located in the research enclosure adjacent to Lake Road, and often visible from fence post 25. Date: 7 May 2010. Source: Own work. Author: Blacksand. Camera location41° 17′ 43″ S, 174° 44′ 56.84″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-41.295278; 174.749123.

Description: English: Tuatara. Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre, New Zealand. Date: 8 February 2016, 09:54:28. Source: Own work. Author: Michal Klajban. Object location40° 43′ 17.31″ S, 175° 38′ 24.33″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-40.721475; 175.640092.

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Waikanae, Wellington, New Zealand

Photographed at Rainbow Springs Nature Park in Rotorua, New Zealand. Image ID: 5D-20051104-0996. A fascinating species! From the sign on the exhibit: "Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). The tuatara is a unique prehistoric reptile endemic to New Zealand. Often called a 'living fossil' it is believed to have survived here because of the absence of native land mammals. It has existed for over 225 million years and pre-dates the dinosaurs. In contrast human beings have existed for less than 3 million years....The tuatara is the only surviving sphenodontian, its last relative having died out 75 million years ago. The name sphenodon means 'wedge-toothed' and is a reference to its unusual tooth formation....They take up to 35 years to reach full size. Life span: 80-100 years on average but some are thought to live very much longer -- 300 years or more....Reproduction: Sexual maturity is reached in 10-15 years. Males are unique amongst reptiles for the lack of a copulatory organ...; transfer of sperm is achieved by direct contact of vents. Males can mate annually, females only every fourth year.... Parietal (pineal) spot; the so-called 'third eye': This unique feature is a vestige of a primitive eye located at top centre of the skull. Visible externally only on hatchlings, it appears as a small opaque patch. Beneath is a rudimentary lens and retina. Formation of an image is no longer possible but the 'eye' is believed to function as a light sensor through which the circadian rhythm (biological clock) is entrained by photo receptivity of the nervous tissue. General: In cold climates...tuatara can go for 6 months without feeding and may breathe only once an hour. Their normal heart rate is 9-10 beats per minute."