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.
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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 dtella
- Hemiphyllodactylus margarethae Brongersma, 1931 – Sumatran dwarf tree gecko
- Scinax proboscideus (Brongersma, 1933) – Gran Rio snouted treefrog
- Cyrtodactylus papuensis (Brongersma, 1934) – Papuan bow-fingered gecko
- Nactus vankampeni (Brongersma, 1934) – Van Kampen's bow-fingered gecko
- Ramphotyphlops similis (Brongersma, 1934) – Manokwari blindsnake
- Ramphotyphlops supranasalis (Brongersma, 1934) – Salawati blindsnake
- Typhlops koekkoeki Brongersma, 1934 – Bunyu Island blindsnake
- Sphenomorphus necopinatus Brongersma, 1942 – Bogor forest skink
- Sphenomorphus vanheurni (Brongersma, 1942) – Van Heurn's forest skink
- Cyrtodactylus deveti (Brongersma, 1948) – Moluccan bow-fingered gecko
- Tropidonophis multiscutellatus (Brongersma, 1948) – long-tailed keelback
- Lipinia venemai Brongersma, 1953 – Venema's moth skink
- Morelia boeleni (Brongersma, 1953) – Boelen's python
- Liasis mackloti savuensis Brongersma, 1956 – Sawu Island python
- Cryptophis 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 frog
- Python brongersmai Stull, 1938 – Malaysian blood python, red blood python[5]
- Litoria brongersmai (Loveridge, 1945) – Snow Mountains treefrog
- Calamaria brongersmai Inger & Marx, 1965 – Brongersma's reed snake[5]
- Trimeresurus brongersmai Hoge, 1969 – Brongersma's pitviper[5]
- Bufo brongersmai Hoogmoed, 1972 – Brongersma's toad
- Eremiascincus brongersmai (Storr, 1972) – Brongersma's night skink, Brongersma's tree skink[5]
- Lobulia brongersmai (Zweifel, 1972) – Brongersma's highland skink, Brongersma's lobulia[5]
- Typhlops brongersmianus Vanzolini, 1972 – Brongersma's worm snake
- Tribolonotus 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 (1995). "In memoriam Prof. Dr. Leo Daniel Brongersma (1907–1994)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 69: 177–201. PDF
- 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).