Leo Brongersma
Leo Daniel Brongersma (17 May 1907 in Bloemendaal, North Holland – 24 July 1994 in Leiden) was a Dutch zoologist, herpetologist, author, and lecturer.
Brongersma was born in Bloemendaal, North Holland, and earned his PhD at the University of Amsterdam in 1934. He was probably best known for his scientific paper, "European Atlantic Turtles",[1] which was published in 1972, but he also served as the director of the Natural History Museum, Leiden and lectured at Leiden University until he retired at age 65.[2] In the 1950s he led several expeditions to collect zoological specimens in New Guinea. He described many new reptile species from the Indo-Australian Archipelago and New Guinea. He was also a Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1952[3] and an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. He died at his home in Leiden in 1994.[4]
Amphibian and reptile taxa described by Brongersma
Species and subspecies are listed in the order they were described. Only species and subspecies still recognized are listed. A taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a different genus.
- Gehyra leopoldi Brongersma, 1930Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Leopold's dtella
- Hemiphyllodactylus margarethae Brongersma, 1931Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Sumatran dwarf tree gecko
- Scinax proboscideus (Brongersma, 1933)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Gran Rio snouted treefrog
- Cyrtodactylus papuensis (Brongersma, 1934)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Papuan bow-fingered gecko
- Nactus vankampeni (Brongersma, 1934)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Van Kampen's bow-fingered gecko
- Ramphotyphlops similis (Brongersma, 1934)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Manokwari blindsnake
- Ramphotyphlops supranasalis (Brongersma, 1934)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Salawati blindsnake
- Typhlops koekkoeki Brongersma, 1934Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Bunyu Island blindsnake
- Sphenomorphus necopinatus Brongersma, 1942Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Bogor forest skink
- Sphenomorphus vanheurni (Brongersma, 1942)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Van Heurn's forest skink
- Cyrtodactylus deveti (Brongersma, 1948)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Moluccan bow-fingered gecko
- Tropidonophis multiscutellatus (Brongersma, 1948)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – long-tailed keelback
- Lipinia venemai Brongersma, 1953Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Venema's moth skink
- Morelia boeleni (Brongersma, 1953)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Boelen's python
- Liasis mackloti savuensis Brongersma, 1956Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Sawu Island python
- Cryptophis boschmai (Brongersma & Knaap-van Meeuven, 1961)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Carpentaria whipsnake
Amphibian and reptile species named in Brongersma's honour
Species are listed in the order they were described. Only species still recognized are listed.
- Phrynobatrachus brongersmai Parker, 1936Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Boulenger's African river frog
- Python brongersmai Stull, 1938Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Malaysian blood python, red blood python[5]
- Litoria brongersmai (Loveridge, 1945)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Snow Mountains treefrog
- Calamaria brongersmai Inger & Marx, 1965Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brongersma's reed snake[5]
- Trimeresurus brongersmai Hoge, 1969Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brongersma's pitviper[5]
- Bufo brongersmai Hoogmoed, 1972Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brongersma's toad
- Eremiascincus brongersmai (Storr, 1972)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brongersma's night skink, Brongersma's tree skink[5]
- Lobulia brongersmai (Zweifel, 1972)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brongersma's highland skink, Brongersma's lobulia[5]
- Amerotyphlops brongersmianus Vanzolini, 1972Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brongersma's worm snake
- Tribolonotus brongersmai Cogger, 1973Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Admiralty crocodile skink, Brongersma's helmet skink[5]
- Emoia brongersmai W. Brown, 1991Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brongersma's emo skink[5]
References
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- ↑ a b c d e f g Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. ("Brongersma", p. 39).
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