Summary[edit] Description: English: Life reconstruction of Priosphenodon avelasi. Date: 2 January 2017. Source: Own work. Author: Nobu Tamura email:nobu.tamura@yahoo.com http://spinops.blogspot.com/.
Description: English: Fossil of ? Homeosaurus pulchellus, an extinct sphenodont. Date: 2008 - museo di storia naturale di milano. Source: Own work. Author: Ghedoghedo.
The West Coast Wildlife Centre, at Franz Josef on the southern West Coast of New Zealand, is part of Project Nest Egg, breeding the endangered local species of kiwi known as the rowi. They also keep tuatara, an ancient lineage of lizard-like reptiles extinct on the mainland of New Zealand. This female tuatara's name is Huruwhenua ("Fern").
Summary[edit] Description: Tuatara in Invercargill (New Zealand). His name is Henry. Date: 18 January 2006 (according to Exif data). Source: No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims). Author: No machine-readable author provided. Knutschie assumed (based on copyright claims).
Summary[edit] Description: English: The West Coast Wildlife Centre, at Franz Josef on the southern West Coast of New Zealand, is part of Project Nest Egg, breeding the endangered local species of kiwi known as the rowi. They also keep tuatara, an ancient lineage of lizard-like reptiles extinct on the mainland of New Zealand. Pictured is Southland Museum and Art Gallery tuatara curator Lindsay Hazley, who helped develop the tuatara exhibit. Date: 27 March 2017, 11:23:38. Source: Released under a CC BY-SA 4.0 licence by the West Coast Wildlife Centre (Q99767675) as part of the West Coast Wikipedian at Large project. Author: West Coast Wildlife Centre.
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."
Summary[edit] Description: English: Display case in the Tuatara area at the Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill. Date: 22 November 2007. Source: Own work. Author: KeresH.
Summary[edit] Description: Italiano: Fossil of Homeosaurus, an extinct reptile- Took the picture at Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre - Tenerife. Date: 29 May 2014, 12:57:12. Source: Own work. Author: Ghedoghedo.
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Summary[edit] Description: An April 2012 two week holiday to the north island of New Zealand. We spent two nights in Napier, just as a cyclonic front hit the north island driving rain along the east coast. The National Aquarium of New Zealand at Napier seemed an excellent wet weather activity. Date: 5 April 2012, 09:36 (according to Exif data). Source: Tuatara at National Aquarium of New Zealand at Napier. Author: Takver from Australia.