The tuatara is nocturnal so it has very good eyesight and hunts for food at night. Its teeth are part of the lower jaw-bone and it chews moving the lower jaw back and forth. They’re teeth are not like any other animals teeth because they don’t have any! The skin on the other hand is generally wrinkly. The maori meaning of tuatara is ‘spiny back’. They shed their old skin and new skin grows underneath. This reptile must have access to water otherwise they can easily dehydrate.
Sincerely Paige
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