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Sphenodon punctatus in life
In life — Tuatara, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) digitaltrails, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
BPBM 1996Vertebrate Zoology

Sphenodon punctatus

Tuatara

As recorded: Sphenodon punctatus (Gray, 1842)

Animalia › Chordata › Sphenodontia › Sphenodontidae

Collected by
W T Brigham *
Collector number
Collector Number: --
Record type
Preserved specimen
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Cite this specimen

Sphenodon punctatus. BPBM 1996. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 95301081. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/1996.

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