Sphenodon guntheri

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Sphenodon guntheri

reptile [formerly recognized species]

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Formerly, two species were recognized, Sphenodon guntheri and S. punctatus; however, genetic studies have shown that both groups make up the same species, S. punctatus. This extant species, and possibly other now-extinct species, inhabited the main islands before the arrival of the Maori people and the kiore—the Polynesian rat (Rattus…
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Formerly, two species were recognized, Sphenodon guntheri and S. punctatus; however, genetic studies have shown that both groups make up the same species, S. punctatus. This extant species, and possibly other now-extinct species, inhabited the main islands before the arrival of the Maori people and the kiore—the Polynesian rat (Rattus…
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