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Description from the Animal Diversity Web, covering geographic range, physical characteristics, natural history, and endangered species status. The two recognized species of tuatara Sphenodon punctatus and Sphenodon guntheri are found on approximatel ...
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Sphenodon_p...
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- Tuataras
Photos, characteristics, conservation status, and scientific name. This lizardlike reptile has many interesting features. One is its third eye, which has a lens and retina but no iris. In adults, skin thickens over the eye in opaque scales. The purpo ...
http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/reptiles/tuataras/tuatara.htm
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- The New Zealand Tuatara
Photos and interesting facts about this animal, from an article originally published in New Zealand Geographic Magazine. The first Tuataras lived side by side with Dinosaurs and witnessed the geological upheavals which shuffled the continents around ...
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6525/tuatara.html
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- The Tuatara
Contains a video, pictures and fun facts. The tuatara is one of the most unique animals in the world. Although it looks like a lizard, it really is quite different. The tuatara’s closest relatives are an extinct group of reptiles that were around at ...
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-tuatara.html
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- A Tuataras
A look at this group of nearly extinct reptiles. ...
http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/reptile/tuatara.html
| | - The Tuatara Animals
Fact sheet from the Mt. Bruce National Wildlife Centre, illustrated with photographs. They are the only extant members of the Order Sphenodontia, which was well represented by many species during the age of the dinosaurs, some 200 million years ago. ...
http://www.mtbruce.org.nz/tuatara.htm
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- All About Tuatara
Personal site with factoids and pictures of this New Zealand reptile. ...
http://nzphoto.tripod.com/animal/tuatara.htm
| | - Information Of Tuatara
WWF educational fact sheet, including an illustration. ...
http://www.panda.org/news_facts/education/middle_school/species/remarkable_...
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- The Tuatara Facts
List of facts about the New Zealand native reptile. The tuatara is native to New Zealand. It is the sole survivor of the beakheads which is a group of very ancient reptiles. The tuatara is the most ancient of all living reptiles. It is even older tha ...
http://www.nz.com/new-zealand/guide-book/natural-history/tuatara.aspx
| | - The Rhynchocephalia
Classification, photos, description, history, and conservation issues. Rhynchocephalians appear shortly before the dinosaurs, and only began to decline during Cretaceous Raven & Johnson 2002. Tuatara were once quite widespread throughout New Zealand ...
http://www.earlham.edu/~quinnme/tuataras_rock.htm
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