Tū-te-wehiwehi

Tū-te-wehiwehi (also Tū-te-wanawana) is the father of all reptiles in Māori mythology.

[1][2] Punga's father was Tangaroa, atua of the sea.

When Tāwhirimātea made war against his brothers for separating Rangi and Papa, Ikatere and Tū-te-wehiwehi had to flee, and Ikatere fled to the sea and became an ancestor of fishes, while Tū-te-wehiwehi took refuge in the forest and fathered lizards.

Before Tū-te-wehiwehi and Ikatere fled, they disputed together as to what they should do to escape from the storms.

One of Tu-te-wanwana's offspring was Uenuku, a lesser reptile atua.

A young adult male tuatara , a native New Zealand reptile, one of the children of Tū-te-wehiwehi