Sphenodon punctatus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Sphenodon punctatus
- Class
- Reptile
- Order
- Sphenodontia
- Family
- Sphenodontidae
- Diet
- Insectivore
- Size
- Small (under 1 m)
- Active
- By night
- Continent
- Oceania
- Habitat
- Forest
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- It has a third eye on top of its head, visible in hatchlings and later hidden under scales.
- It is not a lizard but the last survivor of an ancient reptile group that split from lizards over 200 million years ago.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q3007063 · All animals · All entries