Tuatara Resources

Tuatara  Conservation  Map

Department of Conservation (DoC) www.doc.govt.nz  and www.doc.govt.nz/cons/native/tuatara.htm

Forest and Bird. (see details bottom of page) www.forest-bird.org.nz

Mt Bruce Wildlife Centre  www.mtbruce.doc.govt.nz

Other websites
www.sdnhm.org/exhibits/reptiles/index.html   - information about reptiles
www.geocities.com/RainForest/6525/tuatara.html

Forest and Bird Magazine Articles

November 1988 Unravelling the Mysteries of Tuatara Reproduction
May 1995 Tuatara discovery (Mauitaha)
February 1997 Tuatara return home (Mercury Islands)

Check your school and local libraries for copies of the Forest and Bird magazine. If you are interested in becoming a member of Forest and Bird visit www.forest-bird.org.nz

Books

Conservation of the Tuatara. By Mary McKintyre. Published by Victoria University Press, 1997.

The Tuatara. By Brian Parkinson. Published by Reed Children’s Books, 2000.

The Tuatara. By Ormiston Walker. Published by The Macmillan Company of New Zealand, 1990.

Tuatara. Endangered New Zealand Wildlife Series. By Don Newman. Published by John McIndoe Limited, 1987.

When the Tuatara came. By Andrew Crowe and Peter Campbell. Published by Heinemann Primary, 1997.

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