Tuatara: Where They Live

Tuatara: Where They Live

From Ten Things I Like About... Podcast by Kiersten Gibizov

December 17, 2025 · 7 min · Episode 138

About this episode

This episode explores the habitat of the tuatara and whether they can be found in backyards.

Summary: Where do tuatara live? Can I see one in MY backyard? Join Kiersten to find out if you can see a tuatara in your own backyard. For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean Show Notes: “Distribution of tuatara”, Te Ara: https://teara.govt.nz/en/map “Tuatara” by Marc E. H. Jones and Allison Cree. Current Biology, Vol 22, Issue 23, PR986-R987, Dec 4, 2012. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.049, https://www.cell.com/current-biology “Sphenodon punctatus (Tuatara)” Animal Diversity Web: https://www.animaldiversity.org Music written and performed by Katherine Camp Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife. (Piano music stops) Kiersten - Welcome to Ten Things I Like About… I’m Kiersten, your host, and this is a podcast about misunderstood or unknown creatures in nature. Some we’ll find right out side our doors and some are continents away but all are fascinating. This podcast will focus ten, ten minute episodes on different animals and their amazing characteristics. Please join me on this extraordinary journey, you won’t…

People in this episode

Host: Kiersten Gibizov

Topics covered

  • wildlife
  • tuatara
  • habitat
  • nature
  • misunderstood creatures

Keywords

  • tuatara
  • habitat
  • wildlife
  • nature
  • misunderstood creatures
  • Kiersten Gibizov
  • animal diversity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Te Ara, Current Biology, Animal Diversity Web

Books & works: Tuatara

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