How to pronounce“tuatara”in English

Leatherbacks and tuataras are echoes from that era.

But because the Brothers Island tuatara, as it’s known, evolved in isolated conditions, whether it’s classified as a unique species of tuatara has been up for debate.

uh and this includes mostly Turtles but also some other animals like the Tuatara which is lizard-like but not exactly and uh the second part is that this uh

Well, broadly it’s a tuatara.

For most of the 1900s, the Brothers Island tuatara was recognized as the same species as another, less isolated population of tuataras.

Lumping these two types into a single species gave the impression that the Brothers Island tuataras were doing better than they really were,

So, now we’re back to thinking of all living tuataras as one species.