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Query: Northern tuataraResult: 6th of 8
Tuatara
Subject: Tuatara
Poster: "Alan Hill" (1@alan-hill.freeserve.co.uk)
Tuatara-by Alan Hill.jpg
File size : 84282 bytes File date : 2000:09:04 14:23:10 Resolution: 1024x768 Jpeg process : Baseline Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals Posted Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 11:14:26 -0000

Tuatara


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

Northern tuatara
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