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] 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, 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
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 , 1936 – Boulenger's African river frogPython brongersmai Stull , 1938 – Malaysian blood python, red blood python[5] Litoria brongersmai (Loveridge , 1945) – Snow Mountains treefrogCalamaria brongersmai Inger & Marx, 1965 – Brongersma's reed snake[5] Trimeresurus brongersmai Hoge, 1969 – Brongersma's pitviper[5] Bufo brongersmai Hoogmoed, 1972 – Brongersma's toadEremiascincus 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 , 1972 – Brongersma's worm snakeTribolonotus brongersmai Cogger , 1973 – Admiralty crocodile skink, Brongersma's helmet skink[5] Emoia brongersmai W. Brown, 1991 – Brongersma's emo skink[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 [in French] (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).
External links Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Marine Turtle Newsletter: Leo Brongersma – an Appreciation