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Eggs

Tuatara mate in late summer, and females lay 6–10 eggs the following spring. They dig a nest in the ground and bury the eggs, leaving them to incubate for about a year.

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Victoria University of Wellington

by Susan Keall

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Charles Daugherty and Susan Keall, Tuatara – Life history, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14980/eggs (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Charles Daugherty and Susan Keall, published 1 March 2009.