tuatara

tuatara

1. New Zealand March 19 2009--A rare wild baby tuatara (pictured) was found near the capital Wellington where the last observed hatching in the wild occurred about 200 years ago.

2009年3月19日，新西兰---一只稀有的野生喙头蜥幼仔（如图所示）在首都惠灵顿附近被发现，该地区最后一次在野外发现孵化出来的幼仔是在200年以前。

2. A prehistoric reptile, tuatara, has been found nesting in New Zealand.

一种史前爬行类动物，在纽西兰发现它们的巢穴。

3. turtles and tortoises, crocodiles and alligators, and the tuatara, a marine lizard in New Zealand.

乌龟和陆龟、长吻鳄和短吻鳄以及鳄蜥蜴??一种现存于纽西兰的海蜥蜴。

4. Saving the tuatara is a matter of pride among New Zealand's indigenous groups. The animals are revered by the Maori as a taonga, or treasure.

拯救大蜥蜴在新西兰土著部落里是一件荣耀的事情。这种动物被毛利人视宝贵财富。

5. Intensifying the problem is the slow reproduction rate of the reptiles. On average, female tuatara mate once every four years, and eggs take between 11 and 16 months to hatch.

更糟的是，这种动物繁殖率很低。平均来说，雌性每4年才交配一次，而卵需要11-16个月时间孵化。

6. The tuatara of New Zealand is the only extant rhynchocephalian.

纽西兰的蜥蜴为目前硕果仅存的喙头类动物。

7. Clinging to life on an offshore crag, a tuatara looks little different from his Jurassic relatives.

译文：侏罗纪时代图片集。死抱着在海面上的峭壁，一只新西兰大蜥蜴看起来有点不同，从它的侏罗系的亲属。

8. Photo Gallery: Jurassic Period Clinging to life on an offshore crag, a tuatara looks little different from his Jurassic relatives.

译文：侏罗纪时代图片集。死抱着生命在海面上的峭壁，一只新西兰产的大蜥蜴看起来有点不同，从它的侏罗系的亲属。

9. The tuatara, the ancient lizard with its third eye, was sentinel here, unblinking in the hot sun, watching and waiting to the east.

远古三眼蜥蜴是这儿的哨兵，在艳阳下眼睛一眨也不眨，望向东方，观望著，等待著。