Taxonavigation

Sphenodon punctatus

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]

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: {{Chapter 24 in ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8}}
• 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

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