Tuatara
- Survived in New Zealand for over 100 million years;lived among the dinosaurs
- live in well defended burrows
- only on 37 off-shore islands and mainland islands like the Karori Sanctuary
- Total tuatara population on all these islands is estimated to be between 50,000 and 100,000
- Only once every two to five years will the female be ready to mate
- can live to be over 100 years old;grow very slowly
- not actually a lizard
- If global warming continues all Tuatara eggs will be males and the entire beautiful species will go extinct
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cute iguana
(Source: fortheloveofherpetology, via krystenelektra)
