Sphenodontidae Tuatara are CITES appendix I. You can forget about them as pets, unless of course you are a zoo or accredited institution approved for CITES I animals.
http://www.cites.org/eng/append/appendices.shtml
Also check out
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.ed...punctatus.html
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Conservation Status
In 1895, the country of New Zealand awarded the tuatara strict legal protection. It is currently considered a CITES (Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species) Appendix I species. This is the most restricted classification for a species. In order for a zoo to posess this species, very demanding rules must be followed, and the public display of tuataras has only recently been allowed. Access to the islands that the tuatara inhabit is strictly regulated, and for many years no tuataras have been removed from any island for any reason.
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