Carved NZ Tuatara best nz artists The transparency of the top

The transparency of the top layer lends the design depth and enhances the vibrancy of each colour

is the smaller of the two species

27cm x 27cm x 3cm

and their noisy whirring flight is interspersed with short glides

it rarely is found inland

Carved NZ Tuatara best nz artists The transparency of the topCarved Tuatara NZ Rimu Wood 25 x 9 x 7 cm About the Tuatara: Tuatara are the only surviving members of the order Sphenodontia. This order was well represented by many species during the age of the dinosaurs, some 200 million years ago. All species except the tuatara declined and eventually became extinct about 60 million years ago. Because of this tuatara are of huge international interest to biologists. They are recognised internationally and within