Habits Of The Tuatara
Fresh light is thrown on the somewhat unknown habits of the tuatara. New Zealand’s unique reptile, by a correspondent of the Forest and Bird Protection Society. He says these repfiles avoid rain, but like fog or heavy dew. and prefer the late night for moving about in. They change their locality npw and then and periodically shed their skins. One day he picked up an almost complete skin.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32404, 8 March 1944, Page 3
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72Habits Of The Tuatara Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32404, 8 March 1944, Page 3
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