Initial collection, characterization, and storage of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) sperm offers insight into their unique reproductive system

• Sarah K. Lamar ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: sarah.lamar@vuw.ac.nz

  Affiliation Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5477-7403

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• Nicola J. Nelson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

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• Jennifer A. Moore,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biology Department, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8143-0392

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• Helen R. Taylor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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• Susan N. Keall,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

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• Diane K. Ormsby

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3074-4639

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