Specimen D 65059 Sphenodon punctatus (Gray, 1842)

• Taxon Name

  Sphenodon punctatus

• Author and date of publication

  (Gray, 1842)

• Preferred Common name

  Tuatara

• Specimen Nature

  Nature: Spirit, Form: Wet

• Collected By

  Unknown

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Vertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Herpetology

• Collecting Areas

  Herpetology

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Subphylum

  Vertebrata

• Class

  Reptilia

• Subclass

  Lepidosauria

• Order

  Rhynchocephalia

• Suborder

  Sphenodontida

• Family

  Sphenodontidae

• Genus

  Sphenodon

• Species Name

  punctatus