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Northern tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)
Subject: Northern tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)
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Northern tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)


Description
Tuatara
Date 1896
Source The Royal Natural History
Author R A Lydekker
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Tuatara are reptiles endemic to New Zealand. Although resembling most lizards, they are part of a distinct lineage, the order Rhynchocephalia. Sphenodon punctatus, or northern tuatara, naturally occurs on 29 islands.

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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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