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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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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Rhynchocephalia, comprising taxa most closely related to the living tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Historically the taxa included within Sphenodontidae have varied...
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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–190B...
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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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"Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: Is the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) a living fossil?". Palaeontology. 60 (3): 319–328. Bibcode:2017Palgy...
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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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