The Tuatara live on a few island near New Zealand Tuataras are the only survivors of an order of reptiles whose other members died out about 60 million years ago. In fact the Tuatara may even pre-date the dinosaurs. Tuataras have a large head and stocky build. In addition they have a very strong tail and a spiny crest down their backs. They also have a third eye.
Tuataras can live to be one hundred years old.
Although the Thrinaxodon is closely associated with South Africa there are theories that support the idea that most living Dinosaurs could have migrated when the earth was in a state of Pangea. It is theorized that 180 million years ago Pangea began to break apart separating what is now South America from Africa. Many fossils and plants that appear on different continents across large oceans are the same. South America and South Africa share many of the same fossils and animals. There is no doubt that the testimony of witnesses declaring that the Chupacabra may be a that a dog like creature with reptilian skin could point circumstantially to a prehistoric creature like the Thrinaxodon while the theory is possible we may have to say at the moment that in all likelihood the alleged Chupacarcass may just be something as simple as a wild dog.