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Further research on age determination methods for tuatara is required, as tuatara have lifespans much longer than 35 years (ages up to 60 [9] are common, and captive tuatara have lived to over 100 years). [74] [75] [76] One possibility could be via examination of tooth wear, as tuatara have fused sets of teeth.
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.
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]
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]
Tuatara enclosure. The tuatarium facility, built in 1974 and expanded to 200 m 2 in 1990, houses over 50 live, individual tuatara ranging from new babies to the famous Henry. [2] Henry, who joined the museum in 1970, is thought to have been born around the year 1900, and holds the world record for the tuatara kept longest in captivity. [3]
New Zealand Tuatara You can only find this lizard on a few islands off the coast of New Zealand. It is like a living fossil, with a lineage dating back over 200 million years.
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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.