Tuatara (redirect from Sphenodon punctatus)
The tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) is a species of reptile endemic to New Zealand. Despite its close resemblance to lizards, it is part of a distinct lineage...
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lizard-like reptiles that includes only one living species, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) of New Zealand. Despite its current lack of diversity, during the...
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(Dermatemys mawii) Snapping turtle (Chelydridae) family Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus and Sphenodon guntheri) Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys) Impressed...
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Rhynchocephalia, comprising taxa most closely related to the living tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Historically the taxa included within Sphenodontidae have varied...
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However, it is represented by only one living species: the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), a superficially lizard-like reptile native to New Zealand. Lepidosauria...
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"Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: Is the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) a living fossil?". Palaeontology. 60 (3): 319–328. Bibcode:2017Palgy...
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ML, Cohn MJ (October 2015). "Resurrecting embryos of the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus, to resolve vertebrate phallus evolution". Biology Letters. 11 (10):...
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Skull of the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), with the pineal foramen enclosed by the parietal bones...
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July 2018. Dumbleton, L.J. (1943). "A new tick from the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)". New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology. 24 (4): 185B –...
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Triceratops horridus, Alligator mississippiensis (the American alligator), Sphenodon punctatus (the tuatara), Heloderma suspectum (the Gila monster), or Chrysemys...
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"Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: is the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) a living fossil?". Palaeontology. 60 (3): 319–328. Bibcode:2017Palgy...
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"Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: is the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) a living fossil?". Palaeontology. 60 (3): 319–328. Bibcode:2017Palgy...
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the pineal organs and adjacent parts of the brain in the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B. 201...
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lineages diverged in the Triassic period. There is one living species, Sphenodon punctatus. The skull has two openings (fenestrae) on either side and the jaw...
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fecal–oral sex-biased transmission (mainly to males) Amblyomma (a tick) Sphenodon punctatus (tuatara) free-living infectious stages social behaviour Plasmodium...
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reported six years after the removal. Other predators include tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), geckos, the North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) during the...
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subspecies (Sphenodon punctatus punctatus and Sphenodon punctatus guntheri), which only inhabit parts of New Zealand. Family Sphenodontidae Genus Sphenodon - tuatara...
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giacchinoi. It is considered to be closely related to the tuatara, (Sphenodon punctatus), and a member of the Sphenodontinae. It is the oldest member of...
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cracoviensis Collage of five lepidosaurs. From top left to right: Sphenodon punctatus, Dendroaspis polylepis, Iguana iguana, Smaug breyeri and Malayopython...
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America. They are represented today by a single species, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) found in New Zealand. Outside of New Zealand, one rhynchocephalian...
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Acrodont tooth implantation is common within Rhynchocephalia, including Sphenodon. Amphibia: Acrodont tooth implantation also present in some frogs and...
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forms a close association with a medium-sized reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). These reptiles share the burrows made by the birds, and often stay...
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animals that have been released since 2000 include: 70 tuatara, (Sphenodon punctatus), from Stephens Island (released December 2005). 100 giant wētā (wētāpunga)...
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Nat Hist Sci Bull, 37:548–562. Jones MEH (2009). Dentary tooth shape in Sphenodon and its fossil relatives (Diapsida: Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia). In...
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a large flightless Weevil Unusual species such as the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), which is the sole survivor of a group of reptiles that otherwise...
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sanctuary for a rare reptile subspecies, the Brothers Island tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus guntheri), and is the type locality for a rare beetle species, the...
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(2022) Family Cheloniidae Chelonia mydas, Green sea turtle (2013) Sphenodon punctatus, tuatara (2020) Ahaetulla prasina, Asian vine snake (2023) Anilios...
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substantial population of Pterodroma macroptera (grey-faced petrel) and Sphenodon punctatus (tuatara), both known for constructing burrows. The combined impact...
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The Hamilton's frog two main predators are the native tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) and the introduced black rat (Rattus rattus).[citation needed] Both...
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daisies, Osteospermum sphen-, spheno- G σφήν (sphḗn) wedge tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus squamatus L with scales scaly francolin, Pternistis squamatus, scaled...
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