VIDEO: Watch the release of young Aukland Zoo tuataras on Cuvier Island.
VIDEO: 4 minutes.
Cuvier Island, once inhabited by goats and rodents which could endanger the slow-moving tuatara, is now free of predators, and is an ideal place for release of the ancient reptile in a protected, wild habitat.
Visit the next page, to see drawings of two views of the tuatara skull.