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Northern tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)
| Subject: | Northern tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)
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Description
English:
Title: Dbutsugaku zasshi
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Nihon Dbutsu Gakkai; Tky Dbutsu Gakkai
Text Appearing After Image: Hatteria punctata Gray.
Date 1902
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/20655508428/
Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/dbutsugakuzasshi14niho/#page/n435/mode/1up
Author Nihon Dbutsu Gakkai; Tky Dbutsu Gakkai
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dbutsugaku_zasshi_(1902)_(20655508428).jpg
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.
Order: Rhynchocephalia
Family: Sphenodontidae
Genus: Sphenodon
Species: Sphenodon punctatus (Gray, 1842)
Synonyms: Hatteria punctata Gray, 1842
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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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