As briefly said before, the sphenodon, or tuatara, or atteria, as it is called by the Tuatari Maori, was present all over New Zealand, including the thick group of twenty small islets off the north-eastern coasts of the main island, but also in southern Australia.
Come accennato prima, in passato lo sfenodonte o tuatara o atteria, come viene chiamato dai Maori Tuatara, era presente in tutta la Nuova Zelanda, compreso il fitto insieme di 20 piccoli isolotti a largo delle coste nordorientali dell’isola maggiore, ma anche nell’Australia meridionale.