New Zealand Frogs & Reptiles

11003-97503 Cook Strait tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) Jamie with a fresh hatchling in his hand. Tuatara typically lay four to a dozen eggs in the spring, buried in a chamber dug in the ground. The eggs may take up to 16 months to hatch and the young then dig their way out of the burrow. Broad Bay, Otago Peninsula *

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11003-97503 Cook Strait tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) Jamie with a fresh hatchling in his hand. Tuatara typically lay four to a dozen eggs in the spring, buried in a chamber dug in the ground. The eggs may take up to 16 months to hatch and the young then dig their way out of the burrow. Broad Bay, Otago Peninsula *

97503 cook strait tuatara sphenodon punctatus jamie hatchling in hand child Broad Bay Otago Peninsula