What do you think is the most amazing reptile and why?

tuatara, sphenodon punctatus. living member of mesozoic order rhyncocephalia.. have third eyelid, can see in dark have double retina , , have complete third eye on of head witha cornea, retina , lens. lack ear opening , hemipenes, , have 2 rows of teeth in upper law. have spines run length on dinosaurs. have gastralia, or abdominal ribs not attached spine, formed of hourglass shaped vertebrae fish have. have uncinate processes, or hooks, on of each rib.they can live 100.

since live in new zealand , protected, few people ever see one. along turtles, share no common ancestors alive on earth, there hundreds of species of turtles, , 1 , and 1 virtually extinct tuatara. a-z animals has pictures.

own bearded dragon, , smart , people, lizards not special tuatara.

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