Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2009

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-224

  Hitchmough, R A ^a   Hoare, J M ^a   Jamieson, H ^a   Newman, D ^a   Tocher, M D ^a   Anderson, P J ^b   Lettink, M ^c   Whitaker, A H ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b North Shore City Council   (New Zealand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Caretta; Chelonia; Conservation status; Dermochelys; Eretmochelys; Hoplodactylus; Lampropholis; Laticauda; Lepidochelys; Naultinus; New Zealand; Oligosoma; Pelamis; Reptiles; Sphenodon; Threat Classification

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; LAGOMORPH; REPTILE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY; VULNERABILITY;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

CARETTA; DERMOCHELYS; ERETMOCHELYS; HOPLODACTYLUS; LAMPROPHOLIS; LATICAUDA; LEPIDOCHELYS; OLIGOSOMA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PELAMIS; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SPHENODON;

EID: 77957653905     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2010.496487     Document Type: Article

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