Establishing a New Wild Population of Tuatara (Sphenodon guntheri)

By N. Nelson, Susan N. Keall, Derek Brown, Charles H. Daugherty. 2002

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• Demographic effects of temperature‐dependent sex determination: will tuatara survive global warming? (2010, background): “We set the starting population size (N) at 550 individuals as our census N (477 individuals – see ‘Results’) would underestimate population size as juvenile tuatara are difficult to detect (Dawbin, 1982a; Nelson et al., 2002b).”
• Life-History Evolution in Reptiles (2005, background): “…spectacular example of animals retaining flexibility long into adulthood, adult tuatara (Sphenodon guntheri) that had been stable in body size during seven years of prior monitoring, all rapidly recommenced growing when translocated to an island offering more abundant food (Nelson et al. 2002).”
• Genetic diversity and taxonomy: a reassessment of species designation in tuatara (Sphenodon: Reptilia) (2010, background): “... and morphometric variation (Fig. 1). As a result of that work, the dual species designation of S. punctatus and S. guntheri was adopted by the New Zealand Department of Conservation who instigated captive breeding, island restoration including pest eradication, and translocation programmes for a”
• Factors Affecting the Use of Reforested Sites by Reptiles in Cleared Rainforest Landscapes in Tropical and Subtropical Australia (2006, background): “For example, a number of projects that have sought to restore habitat for reptiles have added key microhabitats, including logs, rocks, and burrows, to rehabilitated sites (Webb & Shine 2000; Mac Nally et al. 2001; Nelson et al. 2002; Nichols & Nichols 2003; Souter et al. 2004).”
• Life in the really slow lane: loggerhead sea turtles mature late relative to other reptiles (2012, background): “It is well known that slow growth and late age at maturity are general attributes of reptiles and a consequence of their ectothermic nature (e.g. Nelson et al. 2002).”