Sphenodon punctatus

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Sphenodon punctatus

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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 punctatus

[edit] Name

Sphenodon punctatus (Gray, 1842)

Type locality: Karewa Island, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

[edit] Synonyms

• Hatteria punctata Gray, 1842
• Sphenodon punctatum — Gray, 1869
• Rhynchocephalus Owen, 1845
• Sphenodon punctatum — Buller, 1870
• Sphenodon punctatus — King & Burke, 1989

[edit] References

• Gray, J. E. 1869. Sphenodon, Hatteria, and Rhynchocephalus. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 3: 167-168
• Gray, J. E. 1842. Description of two hitherto unrecorded species of reptiles from New Zealand; presented to the British Museum by Dr. Dieffenbach. In: J.E. Gray, The Zoological Miscellany. Part 2., pp. 57-72. Treuttel, Würtz & Co., London.
• Sphenodon punctatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 August 2009.
• IUCN link: Sphenodon punctatus (Gray, 1842) (Least Concern)
• Sphenodon punctatus (Gray, 1842) Report on ITIS

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