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The reptiles

Duvaucel's gecko

This teaching resource explore the habitats of our rare McRaes Flat skink, Chevron skink, Duvaucel's gecko and Jewelled gecko and how they have responded to environmental changes.

Decide if their adaptive features are helping or hindering the lizards' survival and explore the consequences of rats on our pest free islands.

Students look at the Head Start programme for the tuatara and assess and make suggestions for the recovery programme.

Highlights:

Lizards

Lizards belong to the group of animals known as reptiles. There are many different types of lizards in the world but New Zealand only has geckos and skinks.

Tuatara

Tuatara are rare, medium-sized reptiles found only in New Zealand. They are the last survivors of an order of reptiles that thrived in the age of the dinosaurs.

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Publications

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2012 Meridian sustainability calendar (PDF, 1100K)

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LEARNZ website Register for a conservation/biodiversity virtual field trip

Natural Heritage Collection website offers schools free images of NZ's native species

View the Wildtrack children's nature series on NZ on Screen

Contacts

For more information:

Contact your local DOC office

Or email conservED@doc.govt.nz