The tuatara is New Zealand's most iconic reptile native.

喙头蜥新西兰最具标志性爬行物。

It was closely followed by the leatherback turtle, at 15Hz. Tuataras clocked in at 46Hz.

紧随其后皮龟，有15赫兹。

WEIR : So, Zealandia is one of the last few places that tuatara or a takahe can relax.

所以，新西兰唯一一处南秧鸡和喙头蜥栖息。

For your consideration, there's the tuatara!

为您考虑，有大蜥蜴！

A study in 2008 compared the mitochondrial DNA from both modern and fossil tuatara bones.

2008 年一项研究比较了现代和化石喙头蜥骨骼线粒体 DNA。

These reptiles thrived over 200 million years ago, but the tuatara is the last remaining member of their family.

这些爬行物在 2 亿多年前繁衍生息，但大蜥蜴其家族中仅存最后一员。

As for the sphenodontians, only one species is still around: the tuatara of New Zealand.

至于棘齿物，只有一种物种仍然存在：新西兰大蜥蜴。

Because of its ancient pedigree, the tuatara is often called a " living fossil" Oh man I'm a living fossil!

由于其古老血统，大蜥蜴通常被称为“活化石”哦，伙计，我活化石！

Its bones may resemble those of its Jurassic relatives, but at the molecular level, the tuatara -- like all of us!

它骨头可能类似于侏罗纪亲戚骨头，但在分子水平上， 大蜥蜴——就像我们所有人一样！

Show me your best tuatara I just got a neck cramp This reptile from New Zealand looks straight-up like a lizard, but it actually belongs to an entirely separate group of reptiles called Rynchocephalians.

给我看看你最好蜥蜴 我刚脖子抽筋 这种来自新西兰爬行物看起来像蜥蜴，但它实际上属于一个完全独立爬行物群， 称为 Rynchocephalians。