fortheloveofreptiles:

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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(Source: fortheloveofherpetology, via krystenelektra)