The tuatara is a reptile and, like all reptiles, it has scaly skin which is brown to olive green in colour. Along its neck and spine is a series of crests, or ridges.
No. Iguanas and tuatara are quite different species. Whilst both iguanas and tuatara are reptiles, the iguana is a type of lizard, whereas the tuatara is not classified as a lizard.
It is made of keratin scales, as it is for other reptiles.
The tuatara is a kind of reptile of which there are only two species, both found in New Zealand. Although the tuatara looks like a lizard it is not. Rather, it is the last surviving member of the order Rhynchocephalia.
There is no particular name for a baby tuatara. Newly hatched tuatara are called hatchlings, and tuatara that are not yet adult are simply called juvenile tuatara.
The Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), though technically, the Tuatara is not a lizard.
The tuatara is a reptile.
There are only two species of tuatara: The Northern tuatara (Sphenodon guntheri) and the Brothers Island tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus).
No, Rhynchocephalia is not a subset of Mammalia. The tuatara is a reptile.
Tuatara - comics - was created in 1977.
The tuatara is a lizard-like reptile of New Zealand. According to the New Zealand Department of Conservation, there is just one single species of tuatara, but DNA testing indicates that this one species consists of three distinct variants.There is the northern tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus punctatus) found on islands from the Bay of Plenty north; the Cook Strait tuatara (S. punctatus) found on Takapourewa (Stephens Island) and the Trio Islands in Marlborough Sounds; and the Brothers Island tuatara (S. guntheri) fount on one island in Marlborough Sounds.
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The Tuatara actually has 3 eyes but the third eye is under it's skin on it's forehead.