Tuatara | |
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Male northren tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus punctatus) | |
Conservation status
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Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
Faimily: | Sphenodontidae |
Genus: | Sphenodon Gray, 1831 (conserved name) |
Teep species | |
Hatteria punctata Gray, 1842
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Speshies | |
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Native range (New Zealand) | |
Current distribution o tuatara (in black):[3][4][5] Circles represent the North Island tuatara, an squares the Brothers Island tuatara. Seembols mey represent up tae seiven islands. | |
Synonyms | |
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Tuatara are reptiles endemic tae New Zealand. Aetho resemblin maist lizards, thay are pairt o a distinct lineage, the order Rhynchocephalia.[6]