Mokomoko Lizards
All New Zealand’s reptile species can be found nowhere else in the world
Aotearoa is home to over 120 unique species of native lizards which are divided into geckos and skinks, and of course the tuatara which means means ‘spiny back’ or ‘peaks on the back’ in te reo Māori.
Did you know that there are more species of native lizards in New Zeeland than native birds?