Sphenodon guntheri

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Reptilia
Subclassis: Diapsida
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Rhynchocephalia
Familia: Sphenodontidae
Genus: Sphenodon
Species: Sphenodon guntheri

[edit] Name

Sphenodon guntheri (Buller, 1877)

Type locality: Unknown

[edit] Synonyms

• Sphenodon guntheri Buller, 1877
• Sphenodon guntheri — Aitken et al., 2001

[edit] References

• Buller,W.L. 1877. Notes on the tuatara lizard (Sphenodon punctatum), with a description of a supposed new species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 9: 317-325
• Daugherty, C.H.; Cree, A.; Hay, J.M.; Thompson, M.B. 1990: Neglected taxonomy and continuing extinctions of tuatara (Sphenodon). Nature, 347: 177-179.
• Freeman, A.B.; Freeman, A.N.D. 1995: Rediscovery of an original type specimen of Sphenodon guntheri Buller in the Canterbury Museum, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 22: 357-359. [1]
• Sphenodon guntheri at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 August 2009.
• IUCN link: Sphenodon guntheri (Buller, 1817) (Vulnerable)
• Sphenodon guntheri (Buller, 1877) Report on ITIS

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