Tuatara
| Tuatara | |
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| Male northren tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus punctatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
| Faimily: | Sphenodontidae |
| Genus: | Sphenodon Gray, 1831 (conserved name) |
| Teep species | |
| Hatteria punctata Gray, 1842
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| Native range (New Zealand) | |
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| Current distribution o tuatara (in black):[3][4][5] Circles represent the North Island tuatara, an squares the Brothers Island tuatara. Seembols mey represent up tae seiven islands. | |
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Tuatara are reptiles endemic tae New Zealand. Aetho resemblin maist lizards, thay are pairt o a distinct lineage, the order Rhynchocephalia.[6]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Sphenodon Gray 1831 (rhynchocephalian)". PBDB.
- ↑ Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group (1996). Sphenodon punctatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20613A9214781.en
- ↑ Daugherty C. H.; Cree A.; Hay J. M.; Thompson M. B. (1990). "Neglected taxonomy and continuing extinctions of tuatara (Sphenodon)". Nature. 347 (6289): 177–179. Bibcode:1990Natur.347..177D. doi:10.1038/347177a0.
- ↑ Gaze, Peter (2001). Tuatara recovery plan 2001–2011 (PDF). Threatened Species Recovery Plan 47. Biodiversity Recovery Unit, Department of Conservation, Government of New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-478-22131-2. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 2 Juin 2007. Unknown parameter
|dead-url=ignored (help) - ↑ Beston, Anne (25 October 2003). "New Zealand Herald: Tuatara Release" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 4 October 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2007. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help) Archived 2007-10-04 at the Wayback Machine - ↑ "Tuatara". New Zealand Ecology: Living Fossils. TerraNature Trust. 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2006.