Tuatara ***** A reptile of up to 2 feet in length which ***** numbers on some 16 islands, mostly off the North Auckland Bay of Plenty and Cook Strait. Tuataras once North Island mainland, but have long disappeared. ***** is not a lizard, but the sole survivor. It is truly a ***** reptiles somewhat akin to the fossil Dinosaurs. It is ***** one of the most remarkable instances million of ***** elsewhere became extinct many. July 18, 1949.