Sphenodon guntheri

Taxonavigation

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 guntheri

Name

• Sphenodon guntheri Buller, 1877
  • Gender: unchangeable (patronym)
  • Original genus: Sphenodon
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: syntypes
  • Type locality: 'Brothers Islands'

Primary 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. full text and pdf

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
• 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(3): 357–359. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1995.9518052
• Miller, K.A. et al. 2010: Changing taxonomy and the need for supplementation in the management of re-introductions of Brothers Island tuatara in Cook Strait, New Zealand. Pp. 93-97 in: Soorae, P.S. (ed.), Global re-introduction perspectives: additional case studies from around the globe. IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Vernacular names

English: Brothers Island tuatara
polski: Hatteria niespodziana