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Sphenodon punctatus
(Gray, 1842)
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Subclass
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Nomenclatural_Code
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Lepidosauromorpha
Rhynchocephalia
Sphenodontidae
Sphenodon
punctatus
ICZN
Name Authority:
MCZ
Published In: 1842
Common Name(s):
Beak-head
Cook strait tuatara
Sphenodon
tuatara
Related Publications:
Herrick 1910
Shaner 1921
Boyden 1918
Cited MCZ Specimens:
MCZ:SC:1883
Figured p. 530 in
Herrick 1910
MCZ:SC:1884
Voucher p. 223 in
Boyden 1918
MCZ:SC:1884
Figured p. 417 in
Shaner 1921
MCZ:SC:3142
Voucher p. 490 in
Hanken et al. 2025
Synonyms and other Related Names:
No related names recorded.
Related Taxon Records:
Parent Genus:
Sphenodon
(Gray, 1842)
Related: 0 species, 0 subspecies
No Congeneric Species
No Subspecies
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