Brothers Island tuatara  (Sphenodon guntheri)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptila
Order Rhychocephalia
Family Sphenodontidae
Genus Sphenodon (1)
Size Length: 70 cm (2)

Status

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List 2007 (1), and listed on Appendix 1 of CITES (3).