Dutch zoologist, herpetologist, author, and lecturer
Brongersma (near the helicopter) in 1959 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] Natural History Museum, Leiden and lectured at Leiden University until he retired at age 65.[ 2] 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] 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, 1930 – Leopold's dtellaHemiphyllodactylus margarethae Brongersma, 1931 – Sumatran dwarf tree geckoScinax proboscideus (Brongersma, 1933) – Gran Rio snouted treefrogCyrtodactylus papuensis (Brongersma, 1934) – Papuan bow-fingered geckoNactus vankampeni (Brongersma, 1934) – Van Kampen's bow-fingered geckoRamphotyphlops similis (Brongersma, 1934) – Manokwari blindsnakeRamphotyphlops supranasalis (Brongersma, 1934) – Salawati blindsnakeTyphlops koekkoeki Brongersma, 1934 – Bunyu Island blindsnakeSphenomorphus necopinatus Brongersma, 1942 – Bogor forest skinkSphenomorphus vanheurni (Brongersma, 1942) – Van Heurn's forest skinkCyrtodactylus deveti (Brongersma, 1948) – Moluccan bow-fingered geckoTropidonophis multiscutellatus (Brongersma, 1948) – long-tailed keelbackLipinia venemai Brongersma, 1953 – Venema's moth skinkMorelia boeleni (Brongersma, 1953) – Boelen's pythonLiasis mackloti savuensis Brongersma, 1956 – Sawu Island pythonCryptophis boschmai (Brongersma & Knaap-van Meeuven , 1961) – Carpentaria whipsnake
Species are listed in the order they were described. Only species still recognized are listed.
Phrynobatrachus brongersmai Parker , 1936Boulenger's African river frogPython brongersmai Stull , 1938[ 5] Litoria brongersmai (Loveridge , 1945) – Snow Mountains treefrogCalamaria brongersmai Inger & Marx , 1965[ 5] Trimeresurus brongersmai Hoge , 1969[ 5] Bufo brongersmai Hoogmoed , 1972Eremiascincus brongersmai (Storr , 1972) – Brongersma's night skink, Brongersma's tree skink[ 5] Lobulia brongersmai (Zweifel , 1972) – Brongersma's highland skink, Brongersma's lobulia[ 5] Amerotyphlops brongersmianus Vanzolini , 1972Tribolonotus brongersmai Cogger , 1973[ 5] Emoia brongersmai W. Brown , 1991[ 5]
References
^ Brongersma LD (1972). "European Atlantic Turtles". Zoologische Verhandelingen . 121 : 1– 318. PDF ^ Boschma H (1972). "Notes on the scientific career of Professor Dr. L. D. Brongersma, compiled at the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday". Zoologische Mededelingen . 47 : viii– xxii.PDF ^ "L.D. Brongersma (1907–1994)" . Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2015 .^ Hoogmoed MS (1995). "In memoriam Prof. Dr. Leo Daniel Brongersma (1907–1994)". Zoologische Mededelingen . 69 : 177– 201.PDF ^ 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. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5 . ("Brongersma", p. 39).
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