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A.N. BRECKON. TIME. INC 
TUATARA 
ISLAND 
SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; 
Range: Islets off New Zealand. 
The tuatara, probably the world’s oldest prehistoric reptile and one time 
inhabitant of all New Zealand, is today confined to less than a score of 
islets. Surviving specimens are protected by art Act of the New Zealand 
Parliament. 
WELLINGTON 
NELSON 
ZEALAND 
CHRISTCHURCH Q 
DISTRIBUTION 
OF THE 
tuatara 
TODAY 
ISLETS OFF CAPE KAREKARE 
POOR KNIGHTS ISLANDS 
HEN and CHICKENS ISLANDS 
MOKOHINAU GROUP 
LITTLE BARRIER ISLAND 
CUVIER ISLAND 
MERCURY ISLANDS 
ALDERMAN ISLANDS. 
SLIPPER and SHOE ISLANDS 
KAREWA and MOTOKI ISLANDS 
PLATE ISLAND. WHALE ISLAND 
and RURIMA ROCKS 
EAST CAPE ISLAND 
BROTHERS ISLETS 
STEPHEN ISLAND 
APPROXIMATE POSITION OF 
LOCALITIES 
Prepared by A.Chern, Cartographer 
