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| rdfs:comment | - Tuatara are group of reptiles that live in the Lost Valley.
- Name: Tuatara Run Time: 7:17 Year: 1999
- The Tuatara is endemic to New Zealand.
- They grow up to about 80cm long, and weigh up to 1.5 kilograms.
- Jeremy Wakefield was a mutant, born on New Zealand with three eyes and the ability to see into the future. As Tuatara, he became a member of the Global Guardians. He usually resided in water because "water is timeless" __TOC__
- The tuatara is a reptile endemic to New Zealand which, though it resembles most lizards, is actually part of a distinct lineage, order Sphenodontia. The two species of tuatara are the only surviving members of its order, which flourished around 200 million years ago during the Triassic period. Their most recent common ancestor with any other extant group is with the squamates (lizards and snakes). For this reason, tuatara are of great interest in the study of the evolution of lizards and snakes, and for the reconstruction of the appearance and habits of the earliest diapsids (the group that also includes birds and crocodiles).
- The tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) is the last surviving member of the rhynchocephalus reptiles. It was featured in the fifth episode of Walking with Dinosaurs, set around 102 MYA. Externally, the tuatara resembles its distant cousins the lizards. It has a massive body, up to 76 cm long, colored olive-green, weighing up to 0.5 kg (females) and 1 kg (males). It has a short ridge made from triangular scales along its back and tail. Currently, the tuatara is an endangered species.
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| Appearances | - Spirits of the Ice Forest
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| Species | - Mutant
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| Time Period | - Late Triassic-Holocene Epoch
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| abstract | - Tuatara are group of reptiles that live in the Lost Valley.
- Name: Tuatara Run Time: 7:17 Year: 1999
- The Tuatara is endemic to New Zealand.
- They grow up to about 80cm long, and weigh up to 1.5 kilograms.
- Jeremy Wakefield was a mutant, born on New Zealand with three eyes and the ability to see into the future. As Tuatara, he became a member of the Global Guardians. He usually resided in water because "water is timeless" __TOC__
- The tuatara is a reptile endemic to New Zealand which, though it resembles most lizards, is actually part of a distinct lineage, order Sphenodontia. The two species of tuatara are the only surviving members of its order, which flourished around 200 million years ago during the Triassic period. Their most recent common ancestor with any other extant group is with the squamates (lizards and snakes). For this reason, tuatara are of great interest in the study of the evolution of lizards and snakes, and for the reconstruction of the appearance and habits of the earliest diapsids (the group that also includes birds and crocodiles).
- The tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) is the last surviving member of the rhynchocephalus reptiles. It was featured in the fifth episode of Walking with Dinosaurs, set around 102 MYA. Externally, the tuatara resembles its distant cousins the lizards. It has a massive body, up to 76 cm long, colored olive-green, weighing up to 0.5 kg (females) and 1 kg (males). It has a short ridge made from triangular scales along its back and tail. The tuatara - as shown in the WWD - lives in burrows, where it spends most of the day (it's nocturnal). In modern times, storm petrels (birds) may co-habit with this reptile, even though it occasionally eats their chicks. Sexual maturity of the tuatara occurs at about 20 yrs. (They can live up to 50 yrs in captivity). The female lays 8-15 hard-shelled eggs. After 12–15 months the newborns hatch, completely independent. Currently, the tuatara is an endangered species.
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