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sphenodon punctatus
Reptile only found in New Zealand; unchanged for 225 million years; was around in the age of dinosaurs; called a "living fossil".
Ground dwelling; lives in burrows, sometimes in nesting burrows of shearwaters, where it cuddles up to chicks for warmth.
Twenty tuatara were recently released into a protected habitat on Te Kuri, the southern arm of Poverty Bay, Gisborne.
Spotted on May 30, 2012
Submitted on Jun 29, 2012
4 Comments
Good to know, very interesting fact
It felt between warm and cold, and not rough or prickly, but fairly smooth.
How did it feel?
Very very cool!!! I would love to see one of these.