The Tuatara: The Most Unique Reptile on Earth

The tuatara of New Zealand is not a lizard, but is the last living member of a separate lineage of reptiles. This video explains why it is not a lizard and gives a bit of background on it.

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Music:
Arpent by Kevin MacLeod
The Aquatic Wombat Becomes a Butterfly by boringXtreme
Well-tempered Raver by Kevin MacLeod (adapted from The Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach)

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https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
https://www.livescience.com/38218-fac...
https://www.britannica.com/animal/tua...
http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.or...
https://teara.govt.nz/en/maori/page-3
http://tolweb.org/accessory/Temporal_...
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/sc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylonomus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboni...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyncho...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatara
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangaea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_D...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealand...