The tuatera is a large lizard-like reptile found only in New Zealand, and forming the distinct order Rhynchocephalia, in which the skull and skeleton are more like those of the crocodile than a lizard. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BT.HTM
• (n.) See Hatteria.
The tuatera is a large lizard-like reptile found only in New Zealand, and forming the distinct order Rhynchocephalia, in which the skull and skeleton are more like those of the crocodile than a lizard.