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The tuatara, a lizard-like reptile native to New Zealand, can live well over 100 years. Henry, a tuatara at the Southland Museum in New Zealand, mated for the first time at the estimated age of 111 years in 2009 with an 80-year-old female and fathered 11 baby tuatara. [113]
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 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 ...
The tuatara has among the highest known ages of sexual maturity among reptiles, [32] at around 9 to 13 years of age, [33] and has a high longevity in comparison to lizards of similar size, [32] with wild individuals likely reaching 70 years, and possibly over 100 years in age. [34]
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When the environment was rendered suitable, the area was to be repopulated with the entire suite of charismatic species that may now be locally extinct, such as North Island brown kiwi, North Island kōkako, kākāriki, tuatara and many others. Kākā already visited regularly and were likely to become resident if suitable methods are employed.
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Archaeocroton sphenodonti, or the tuatara tick, is a species of tick that parasitises only the tuatara of New Zealand.It is found on just four of the twelve island groups where tuatara survive, preferring islands where the reptiles live in high densities.