Species details : Sphenodon punctatus (Gray, 1842)

Accepted scientific name:
Sphenodon punctatus (Gray, 1842) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Sphenodon punctatus  (Gray, 1842)
Synonyms:
Hatteria punctata Gray, 1842 (synonym)
Sphenodon guntheri Buller, 1877 (synonym)
Sphenodon punctatum Gray, 1869 (synonym)
Infraspecific taxon: Sphenodon punctatus punctatus (Gray, 1842)
Sphenodon punctatus reischeki Wettstein, 1943
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Brückenechse - - Click here to show the literature
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Schnabelkopfechse - - Click here to show the literature
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Tuatara - - Click here to show the literature
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Tuatara (guntheri: Brothers Island tuatara) En - Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Reptilia ReptileDB
Order Rhynchocephalia ReptileDB
Family Sphenodontidae ReptileDB
Genus Sphenodon ReptileDB
Distribution: -
Lifezones: -
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P., Apr-2013
Source database: ReptileDB, 3.0, Mar 2013   99%
Bibliographic citation: Uetz P. & Hošek J. (2025). The Reptile Database (version 3.0, Mar 2013). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Sphenodon&species=punctatus
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fe871229-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401