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Brothers Island tuatara
Brothers Island tuatara
(Sphenodon guntheri)
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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)
.
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