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Sphenodon (Tuatara)
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Besson, A.A.; Cree, A. 2011. Integrating physiology into conservation: an approach to help guide translocations of a rare reptile in a warming environment. Animal Conservation 14(1): 28-37.
Besson, A.A.; Nelson, N.J.; Nottingham, C.M.; Cree, A. 2012. Is cool egg incubation temperature a limiting factor for the translocation of tuatara to southern New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 36(1): 90-99.
Besson, A.A.; Thierry, A.; Boros, E.; Allen, K.; Bradley, S.; Norrie, C.; Cree, A. 2009. Evidence of food chemical discrimination in tuatara (O. Rhynchocephalia): comparison with a gekkotan lizard (O. Squamata). Journal of Herpetology 43(1): 124-131.
Blair, T.A.; Cree, A.; Skeaff, C.M.; Grimmond, N.M. 2000. Physiological effects of a fish oil supplement on captive juvenile tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 73(2): 177-191.
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Bogert, C.M. 1953. The tuatara: why is it a lone survivor? Scientific Monthly (New York) 76(3): 163-170.
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Bredeweg, E.M.; Nelson, N.J. 2010. Natural history notes: Sphenodon punctatus (Tuatara). Frugivory. Herpetological Review 41(2): 211-212.
Byerly, T.C. 1925. Note on the partial regeneration of the caudal region of Sphenodon punctatum. Anatomical Record 30: 61-66.
Cancalosi, J. 1983. New Zealand's living dinosaur, the tuatara. Pacific Discovery 36(1): 10-15.
Carpenter, C.C. 1977. Variation and evolution of stereotyped behavior in reptiles. Part 1. A survey of stereotyped reptilian behavioral patterns. pp. 335-403. In: Gans, C. & Tinkle, D.W. (eds.). Biology of the Reptilia. Vol. 7. Ecology and behaviour A. Academic Press, London, New York & San Francisco. 720 pp.
Cartland, L.K.; Grimmond, N.M. 1994. The effect of temperature on the metabolism of juvenile tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 21(4): 373-378.
Cassey, P.; Ussher, G.T. 1999. Estimating abundance of tuatara. Biological Conservation 88(3): 361-366.
Castanet, J.; Newman, D.G.; Saint Girons, H. 1988. Skeletochronological data on the growth, age, and population structure of the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus, on Stephens and Lady Alice Islands, New Zealand. Herpetologica 44(1): 25-37.
Chorlton, R. 1977. Tuataras are living fossils. Forest Bird 204: 40-43.
Cole, N. 1999. The tuatara (Sphenodon) and the importance of taxonomic classification. Herptile 24(4): 171-175. (Incorrectly cited on front cover as 24(3)).
Conniff, R. 2016. Home off the range. Scientific American (October): 66-71.
Cooper, W.E.; Ferguson, G.W.; Habegger, J.J. 2001. Responses to animal and plant chemicals by several iguanian insectivores and the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus. Journal of Herpetology 35(2): 255-263.
Corkery, I.; Bell, B.D.; Nelson, N.J. 2014. Behavioral thermoregulation of the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus, under hydric and digestive constraints. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 9(1): 29-37.
Corkery, I.; Bell, B.D.; Nelson, N.J. 2015. Is the breeding behaviour of nesting seabirds influenced by the presence of a predatory reptile - the Tuatara. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 45(1): 21-30.
Cree, A. 1994. Low annual reproductive output in female reptiles from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 21(4): 351-372.
Cree, A. 2014. Tuatara – Biology and conservation of a venerable survivor. Canterbury University Press, Canterbury. 583 pp.
Cree, A.; Cockrem, J.F.; Guillette, L.J. 1992. Reproductive cycles of male and female tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) on Stephens Island, New Zealand. Journal of Zoology (London) 226(2): 199-217.
Cree, A.; Daugherty, C.H.; Hay, J.M. 1995. Reproduction of a rare New Zealand reptile, the tuatara Sphenodon punctatus, on rat-free and rat-inhabited islands. Conservation Biology 9(2): 373-383.
Cree, A.; Daugherty, C.H.; Schafer, S.F.; Brown, D. 1991. Nesting and clutch size of tuatara (Sphenodon guntheri) on North Brother Island, Cook Strait. Tuatara 31: 9-16.
Cree, A.; Daugherty, C.H.; Towns, D.R.; Blanchard, B. 1994. The contribution of captive management to the conservation of tuatara (Sphenodon) in New Zealand. pp. 377-385. In: Murphy, J.B.; Adler, K. & Collins, J.T. (eds.). Captive management and conservation of amphibians and reptiles. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles). 408 pp. (Contributions to Herpetology no. 11).
Cree, A.; Thompson, M. 1988. Unravelling the mysteries of tuatara reproduction. Forest & Bird (Wellington) 19(4)(250): 14-16.
Crook, I.G. 1970. Tutara. Wildl. Wellington 1970: 16-19.
Crook, I.G. 1973. The tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus Gray, on islands with and without populations of the Polynesian rat, Rattus exulans (Peale). Proceedings N.Z. Ecol. Soc. 20: 115-120.
Crook, I.G. 1973. Tuatara and the Polynesian rat. Wildlife Review 4: 47-48.
Crook, I.G. 1974. Are tuataras dependent on petrels? Wildlife Review 5: 43-46.
Crook, I.G. 1975. Biogeography and ecology in New Zealand. The tuatara. Monographiae Biologicae 27: 331-352.
Curtis, N.; Jones, M.E.H.; Shi, J.; O'Higgins, P.; Evans, S.E.; Fagan, M.J. 2011. Functional relationship between skull form and feeding mechanics in Sphenodon, and implications for diapsid skull development. PLoS ONE 6(12): e29804, 1-11.
Cyrén, O. 1935. Den gamla bryggödlan i Uppsala. Fauna och Flora (Uppsala) 30(1): 10-16.
Daugherty, C.H.; Cree, A.; Hay, J.M.; Thompson, M.B. 1990. Neglected taxonomy and continuing extinctions of tuatara (Sphenodon). Nature (London) 347(6289): 177-179.
Daugherty, C.H.; Towns, D.R.; Cree, A.; Hay, J.M. 1992. The roles of legal protection versus intervention in conserving the New Zealand tuatara, Sphenodon. Developments in Landscape Management and Urban Planning 7: 247-259.
Dawbin, W.H. 1949. The tuatara. Tuatara 2: 91-96.
Dawbin, W.H. 1962. The tuatara in its natural habitat. Endeavour 21(81): 16-24.
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Dawbin, W.H. 1982. The tuatara Sphenodon punctatus, (Reptilia: Rhynchocephalia): a review. Occasional Publication New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Wildlife Services 2: 149-181.
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Dawbin, W.H.; Barwick, R.E. 1982. General discussion on the tuatara. Occasional Publication New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Wildlife Services 2: 289-298.
Dendy, A. 1899. The hatching of tuatara eggs. Nature 59: 340.
Dendy, A. 1899. The life-history of the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Transactions N. Zealand Inst. 31: 249-255.
Dollo, L. 1888. Sur le Proatlas. Zoologische Jahrbücher 3: 433-446.
Donne, T.E. 1942. On friendly terms with the tuatara. Natural History (New York) 50(2): 100-102.
Dowling, H.G. 1962. Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) at New York Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 3 [1961]: 83-84.
Drewes, O. 2016. Tuataras. Die lebenden Fossilien Neuseelands Reptilia (D) 21(117): 56-63.
Dujsebayeva, T.N.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Iohanssen, L.K. 2004. Reduced state of skin sense organs in Sphenodon punctatus (Rhynchocephalia: Sphenodontidae) and its phylogenetical value. Russian Journal of Herpetology 11(2): 106-110.
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Farlow, J.O. 1975. Observations on a captive tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Journal of Herpetology 9(4): 353-355.
Fawcett, J.D.; Smith, H.M. 1970. An overlooked synonym of Sphenodon punctatus, the New Zealand tuatara. Journal of Herpetology 4: 89-91.
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