what kind of lizard is leo

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Nature

Leo, the lizard-like character voiced by Adam Sandler in the animated film "Leo," is based on the tuatara, which is a reptile endemic to New Zealand and is not considered a lizard but part of the Rhynchocephalia order

. The tuatara looks like a lizard, but its closest relatives are an extinct group of reptiles that lived around the time of the dinosaurs