title: Sphenodon punctatus Lady Alice Island PIT 982 000167713537
organism: Sphenodon punctatus
description: Tuatara blood (2 ml) was acquired from Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) 982 000167713537 (Male, 500g, 245svl, 292vt, no tail regenerated, sampled Nov. 2011) Tuatara residing on Lady Alice Island, Hen and Chickens Islands, New Zealand, with support of local Iwi, Ngatiwai, and permits from the New Zealand Department of Conservation. We thank Clive Stone (Ngatiwai) cultural liaision for the Tuatara Genome Project and asisstance in obtaining the permissions needed to collect and ship Tuatara blood samples. We also thank Lindsay Michelson and Dr. Nicola Nelson (Victoria University of Wellington) who collected the blood sample under permits supplied by the Department of Conservation, New Zealand.
attributes.tag: isolate
attributes.value: PIT 982 000167713537
attributes.tag: dev_stage
attributes.value: adult
attributes.tag: sex
attributes.value: male
attributes.tag: tissue
attributes.value: blood
attributes.tag: biomaterial_provider
attributes.value: Neil Gemmell, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
attributes.tag: collected_by
attributes.value: Lindsay Michelson and Dr. Nicola Nelson (Victoria University of Wellington)
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2011-11
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: New Zealand: Lady Alice Island, Hen and Chickens Islands, Auckland District
attributes.tag: sample_type
attributes.value: tissue sample
attributes.tag: vent-tail
attributes.value: 292 mm
attributes.tag: weight
attributes.value: 500 g
attributes.tag: snout-vent length
attributes.value: 245 mm
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Model organism or animal