Taxonomy Profile: Sphenodon (Gray 1831)

Sphenodon: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Tuataras []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Sphenodon: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Rhynchocephalia
Tuataras |
Family : Sphenodontidae
Tuataras |
Genus : Sphenodon
Tuataras |
Sphenodon Direct Children(s):
Sphenodon punctatus
(Gray 1842)
Sphenodon: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Sphenodon
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Sphenodon
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hay, Jennifer M., Stephen D. Sarre, David M. Lambert, Fred W. Allendorf, and Charles H. Daugherty
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2010-06-01 / 2010-06-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Genetic diversity and taxonomy: a reassessment of species designation in tuatara (Sphenodon: Reptilia)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Conservation Genetics, vol. 11, no. 3
Page(s):
1063-1081
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1566-0621
Notes:
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9952-7
Reference for:
Sphenodon
Sphenodon: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Sphenodon: Comments