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Tuatara are of interest for studying the evolution of reptiles. Tuatara are greenish brown and grey, and measure up to 80 cm (31 in) from head to tail-tip and weigh up to 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) [10] with a spiny crest along the back, especially pronounced in males. They have two rows of teeth in the upper jaw overlapping one row on the lower jaw ...
In November 2005 a 3 hectare area adjacent to the Southern Enclosure, the Tautari Wetland, was gifted to the Trust by the Tauroa family for takahē and other wetland birds. A Tuatarium for the future was designed and planted inside the area. [citation needed] The Xcluder pest-proof fence. In July 2004, the Trust began constructing the Xcluder ...
Karewa is dominated by Taupata shrubland, [2] growing on a deep friable soil on its south and west slopes, [1] underlain by Pleistocene Minden rhyolite. [4] Under the Wildlife Sanctuary (Karewa Island) Order 1965, landing is prohibited without a DoC permit, [5] as it is a Government Purpose Wildlife Sanctuary under the Reserves Act 1977.
On average, the tuatara lives for 60 years, but it can live to be older than 100. The oldest known living tuatara is Henry, a 130-year-old member of his species living in a New Zealand animal reserve.
Tuatara. In October 2017 a $150,000 tuatara enclosure opened, designed to mimic the tuatara habitat of Stephens Island and as of 2020 stocked with one male and six females. [7] [8] [9] Following a public competition one female tuatara was named Dorothy, after Franz-Josef-born historian Dorothy Fletcher. [8]
Henry (hatched c. 1890s – c. 1910s) is a tuatara who resides in the Southland Museum and Art Gallery, in Invercargill, New Zealand. He was hatched on Stephens Island, which is north of the South Island, and was moved to the museum in 1970. He had a cancerous tumour removed from him in 2008 and became a father for the first time in 2009, which ...
The Brook Waimārama Sanctuary is a nearly 700 hectare mainland "ecological island" sanctuary located 6 km south of Nelson, New Zealand.The sanctuary is the largest fenced sanctuary in New Zealand's South Island and the second largest in the country; it is the only sanctuary to feature mature New Zealand beech forest.
The trust gained the use of the 230 hectares (570 acres) Orokonui Conservation Area 20 km (12 mi) north of central Dunedin. The New Zealand Department of Conservation approved the trust's use of the land [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and completed a heads of agreement [ 1 ] and the Orokonui site was visited on 27 April 2006 by Chris Carter , the New Zealand ...