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Tuatara latin dict size=57   common dict size=512
Image Info Original File Name: Tuatara2-by_Alan_Hill.jpg File size : 128152 bytes File date : 1999:12:22 21:07:23 Resolution: 1024x768 Jpeg process : Baseline Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals Posted Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 21:24:59 -0000
Author Name (E-mail): "Alan Hill" (1@alan-hill.freeserve.co.uk)
Subject Tuatara

Tuatara; Image ONLY
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Tuatara

Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) photographed at Chester Zoo
some years ago; they now have a larger group in new accomodation.
Tuataras are the strangest of all living reptiles. They look like lizards,
but they are unique because they are the only surviving Rhynchocephalians.
They are mainly nocturnal and live only on a few islands in the Cook Strait,
New Zealand. For personal/educational use only.

Alan Hill


tuatara2.JPG


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From: John White
Subject: Re: Tuatara
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 18:50:02 -0500

Alan,

Great photo! Here's a few more facts that make the Tuatara a very unusual
reptile:
1) Tuataras have the lowest preferred body temperature of any reptile at
12? C or (54? F)
2) Sexual maturity is reached at 20 years of age!
3) Egg incubation takes 13-15 months!

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Best Regards,

John White
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Scientific Name: Sphenodon punctatus (Gray, 1842)
Common Names:
English – Beak-head, Cook Strait Tuatara, Sphenodon, Northern Tuatara
French – Hatteria Ponctué, Sphénodon Ponctué
Spanish – Tuátara
Synonyms:
Hatteria punctata Gray, 1842
Sphenodon guntheri Buller, 1877
Sphenodon punctatus reischeki Wettstein, 1943
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