Sphenodon punctatus

Taxonavigation

Sphenodon punctatus

Taxonavigation: Rhynchocephalia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Rhynchocephalia

Familia: Sphenodontidae
Genus: Sphenodon
Species: Sphenodon punctatus

Name

• Sphenodon punctatus (Gray, 1842)
  • Original combination: Hatteria punctata
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: unique
    • Description:
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'on a small rocky island, two miles from the coast, in the Bay of Plenty' [=Karewa Island]

Synonyms

• Hatteria viridis
• Sphenodon reischeki

References

• Gray, J.E. 1842: Description of two hitherto unrecorded species of reptiles from New Zealand; presented to the British Museum by Dr. Dieffenbach. P. 72 in: J.E. Gray, The zoological miscellany. Part 2. Treuttel, Würtz & Co., London. Google books
• Gray, J.E. 1843: Descriptions of the reptiles and Amphibia hitherto observed in New Zealand. Pp. 202-206 in Dieffenbach, E.: Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. Volume 2. John Murray: London. Internet Archive BHL
• Gray, J.E. 1869: Sphenodon, Hatteria, and Rhynchocephalus. Annals and magazine of natural history (4), 3: 167–168. Internet Archive BHL
• Grayson, K.L. et al. 2014: Sex ratio bias and extinction risk in an isolated population of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). PLoS ONE 9(4): e94214. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094214 Reference page. 
• Hitchmough, R.A.; Patterson, G.K.; Daugherty, C.H. (compilers) 2009: New Zealand living and recently extinct reptiles. P. 542 in:
• King, C.M., Roberts, C.D., Bell, B.D., Fordyce, R.E., Nicoll, R.S., Worthy, T.H., Paulin, C.D., Hitchmough, R.A., Keyes, I.W., Baker, A.N., Stewart, A.L., Hiller, N., McDowall, R.M., Holdaway, R.N., McPhee, R.P., Schwarzhans, W.W., Tennyson A.J.D., Rust, S. & McCadie, I. 2009. Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. Pp. 431–551 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2009. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8 Reference page. 
• Schmidt, K.P. 1952: References to the tuatara in the Stephen Island Letter Book. Fieldiana, zoology, 34: 1–10. Internet Archive BHL
• Schmidt, K.P. 1953: A visit to Karewa Island, home of the tuatara. Fieldiana, zoology, 34: 153–164. Internet Archive BHL

Links

• Sphenodon punctatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 August 2009.
• IUCN: Sphenodon punctatus (Gray, 1842) (Least Concern)
• Sphenodon punctatus (Gray, 1842) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

aragonés: Tuatara
català: Tuatara
Deutsch: Brückenechse, Tuatara, Schnabelkopfechse
English: Beak-head, Cook Strait Tuatara, Sphenodon, Tuatara
español: Tuátara
français: Hatteria Ponctué, Sphénodon Ponctué
polski: Hatteria, tuatara