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Tuatara
| Subject: | Tuatara
| | Poster: | "Alan Hill" (1@alan-hill.freeserve.co.uk)
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File date : 2000:09:04 14:23:10
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Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Posted Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 11:14:26 -0000 |
Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) at Chester Zoo, England. A fresh scan of my
favourite picture of this strange reptile from New Zealand - I was surprised
to see that I took it in 1976. For personal/educational use only please.
Alan Hill
tuatara.JPG
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Scientific Name: Sphenodon punctatus (Gray, 1842)
Common Names:
English – Beak-head, Cook Strait Tuatara, Sphenodon, Northern Tuatara
French – Hatteria Ponctué, Sphénodon Ponctué
Spanish – Tuátara
Synonyms:
Hatteria punctata Gray, 1842
Sphenodon guntheri Buller, 1877
Sphenodon punctatus reischeki Wettstein, 1943 |
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