Tuatara live in their natural refuges of Stephens Island and Brothers Islands in Cook Strait. Some have been transferred to the Coromandel, and Little Barrier.
But the Little Barrier population were threatened by kiore, the native rat, and a small breeding population was rescued and established on Hen island.
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The kiwi bird, and the tuatara, a reptile known as the 'living fossil'.
Tuatara.
The only lizards native to New Zealand are geckos and skinks.Some species include:Chevron skinkCyclodina skinkGrand skinkOtago skinkStriped skinkWestland green geckoJewelled green geckoDuvaucel's geckoNelson green geckoThe tuatara is a reptile unique to New Zealand, but it is not truly a lizard.
The Australian brush tailed possum, the Kiwi, the Morepork, and young Tuatara.
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New Zealand * Added - The tuatara, also called the sphenodon, still lives in New Zealand.
No. The Tuatara is found only in New Zealand.
The Tuatara has three eyes and it lives in New Zealand
Tuatara are found only in New Zealand because, prior to European settlement, the islands of New Zealand were relatively predator-free.
The now demonetised New Zealand 5 cent coin featured the "Tuatara", the last surviving member of an otherwise extinct family of reptiles indigenous to New Zealand.
No. Outside of zoos the tuatara can only be found in New Zealand.
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They are an endemic species of New Zealand.
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It is an endemic species of New Zealand.
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