Sphenodon
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Familia: Sphenodontidae
Genus: Sphenodon
Species (3): S. guntheri - S. punctatus - †S. diversum [but see Hay et al. (2010)]
[edit] Name
- Sphenodon Gray, 1831 [emendation under the plenary power of Sphaenodon, placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (Op. 455)]
- Gender: masculine
- Type species: Hatteria punctata Gray, 1842
- Fixation: monotypy
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] References
[edit] primary references
- Gray, J.E. 1831: Note on a peculiar structure in the head of an Agama. Pp. 13-14 in: J.E. Gray, The zoological miscellany. Part 1. Treuttel, Würtz & Co., London. Google books
[edit] selected references
- Daugherty, C.H.; Cree, A.; Hay, J.M.; Thompson, M.B. 1990: Neglected taxonomy and continuing extinctions of tuatara (Sphenodon). Nature, 347: 177-179. doi: 10.1038/347177a0 PDF
- 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. BHL
- Günther, A. 1867: Contribution to the anatomy of Hatteria (Rhynchocephalus, Owen). (Abstract). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 15: 460-462. JSTOR
- Günther, A. 1867: Contribution to the anatomy of Hatteria (Rhynchocephalus, Owen). Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, 157: 595-629, plates XXVI-XXVIII. JSTOR
- Hay, J.M.; Lambert, D.M. 2008: Microsatellite DNA loci identify individuals and provide no evidence for multiple paternity in wild tuatara (Sphenodon: Reptilia). Conservation genetics, 9: 1039-1043. doi: 10.1007/s10592-007-9445-5
- Hay, J.M.; Sarre, S.D.; Lambert, D.M.; Allendorf, F.W.; Daugherty, C.H. 2010: Genetic diversity and taxonomy: a reassessment of species designation in tuatara (Sphenodon: Reptilia). Conservation genetics, 11: 1063-1081. doi: 10.1007/s10592-009-9952-7
[edit] links
- BHL bibliography
- Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
- EoL
- GBIF
- ION
- Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Sphaenodon
- Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Sphenodon
[edit] Vernacular names
Česky: Tuatara
Deutsch: Brückenechse
English: Tuatara
Español: Tuatara
Français: Tuatara
한국어: 투아타라
Italiano: Tuatara
Limburgs: Brögkherdisse
Nederlands: Tuatara's
日本語: トゥアタラ
Polski: Hatteria
Português: Tuatara
Suomi: Tuatara
Türkçe: Tuatara
Deutsch: Brückenechse
English: Tuatara
Español: Tuatara
Français: Tuatara
한국어: 투아타라
Italiano: Tuatara
Limburgs: Brögkherdisse
Nederlands: Tuatara's
日本語: トゥアタラ
Polski: Hatteria
Português: Tuatara
Suomi: Tuatara
Türkçe: Tuatara