Reptiles
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Tuatara were translocated to Cape Sanctuary in 2012. Twenty young Tuatara were collected from Nga Manu and a further forty adults from Takapourewa island. Tuatara reach sexual maturity between ten and twenty years of age and females lay eggs every four years- making them slow reproducers! However, tuatara have taken a liking to Cape Sanctuary’s warm climate and our population has increased by ~20-30 tuatara.
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Ngahere gecko have been found throughout the Cape Kidnappers ‘rough block’.
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Fifteen Duvaucel’s gecko were transferred to Cape Sanctuary in 2020 in a captive to captive translocation, Cape Sanctuary is aiming for a wild to wild transfer to establish a Duvaucel’s gecko population within the new sea bird site.
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In 2020 a previously undescribed species was discovered at rangaiika just south of the Cape Kidnappers point. Now classed as a new species of spotted skink, Oligosoma auroraense is thriving within the pest-free environment at the sea-bird site.