| New Zealand's iconic five cent coin with the tuatara looks to be getting the bum's rush! |
| Today, it is largely covered in regenerated bush, with a thriving population of tuatara in hillside burrows. |
| Some, such as the tuatara, are so unique that they have been called living fossils. |
| The tuatara are a powerful reptilian race, and their methods of battle are savage beyond compare. |
| Maori on the muttonbirding islands used to drape the cool tuatara on their stomachs to help them cool down. |
| Finally, today's snakes, lizards, turtles, the tuatara, and crocodiles do enjoy a surprisingly broad latitudinal distribution. |
