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Male tuatara

Adult male tuatara from ZEALANDIA with identity neck beads.

The tuatara is actually two species (Sphenodon punctatus and the much rarer Sphenodon guntheri ) and has been classified as endangered since 1895.

This is an adult male from ZEALANDIA, the red and blue neck beads are his identity beads.

Rights: Judi Lapsley Miller
Published: 16 February 2009,Updated: 14 August 2014Size: 3.94 MB