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Leo Daniel Brongersma (17 May 1907 in Bloemendaal,
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– 24 July 1994 in Leiden) was a Dutch zoologist, herpetologist, author, and lecturer. Brongersma was born in Bloemendaal,
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, and earned his PhD at the University of Amsterdam in 1934. He was probably best known for his scientific paper, "European Atlantic Turtles", which was published in 1972, but he also served as the director of the
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and lectured at
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until he retired at age 65. 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
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since 1952 and an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. He died at his home in Leiden in 1994.PDF
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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 The Leopold dtella (''Gehyra leopoldi'') is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia and Oceania. Etymology The specific name ''leopoldi'', is in honor of Leopold III, King of the Belgia ...
'' – Leopold's dtella *'' Hemiphyllodactylus margarethae'' – Sumatran dwarf tree gecko *'' Scinax proboscideus'' – Gran Rio snouted treefrog *''
Cyrtodactylus papuensis The Papua bow-fingered gecko (''Cyrtodactylus papuensis'') is a species of gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, g ...
'' – Papuan bow-fingered gecko *''
Nactus vankampeni Vankampen's gecko (''Nactus vankampeni'') is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to New Guinea. Etymology The specific name, ''vankampeni'', is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Pieter Nicolaas van Kampen. Beolens ...
'' – Van Kampen's bow-fingered gecko *''
Ramphotyphlops similis The Manukwari blind snake (''Ramphotyphlops similis'') is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae The Typhlopidae are a family of blind snakes. They are found mostly in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and all mainland Austr ...
'' – Manokwari blindsnake *''
Ramphotyphlops supranasalis The Salawati blind snake (''Ramphotyphlops supranasalis'') is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae The Typhlopidae are a family of blind snakes. They are found mostly in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and all mainland A ...
'' – Salawati blindsnake *''
Typhlops koekkoeki ''Malayotyphlops koekkoeki'', also known commonly as Koekkoek's blind snake or the Boenjoe Island worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. Etymology The specific name, ''koekkoeki'', is in honor of Dutch scientific illustra ...
'' – Bunyu Island blindsnake *'' Sphenomorphus necopinatus'' – Bogor forest skink *'' Sphenomorphus vanheurni'' – Van Heurn's forest skink *''
Cyrtodactylus deveti The Moluccan bow-fingered gecko (''Cyrtodactylus deveti'') is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Moluccas in Indonesia. Etymology The specific name, ''deveti'', is in honor of Dutch neurosurgeon Arnold ...
'' – Moluccan bow-fingered gecko *''
Tropidonophis multiscutellatus ''Tropidonophis multiscutellatus'', the many-scaled keelback, is a species of colubrid snake. It is found in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania betwee ...
'' – long-tailed keelback *''
Lipinia venemai ''Lipinia venemai'', also known as Brongersma's lipinia, is a species of skink endemic to Western New Guinea (Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pa ...
'' – Venema's moth skink *''
Morelia boeleni ''Simalia boeleni'' is a species of python, a nonvenomous snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is endemic to the mountains of New Guinea. No subspecies are currently recognized. Its common names include Boelen's python and Mehrtens JM ...
'' – Boelen's python *''
Liasis mackloti savuensis ''Liasis mackloti savuensis'', known as the Savu python, is a python subspecies found in Indonesia. It is known by the locals as ''sanca mata putih'' (white-eyed python). Distribution and habitat The type locality given is " Savu Id." (=Sawoe ...
'' – Sawu Island python *''
Cryptophis boschmai ''Cryptophis boschmai'', also known Common name, commonly as the Carpentaria snake or the Carpentaria whip snake, is a species of venomous snake in the Family (biology), family Elapidae. The species is native to Australia and New Guinea. Etymo ...
'' – 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'' – Boulenger's African river frog *''
Python brongersmai ''Python brongersmai'' is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia. Common names Common names for ''P. brongersmai'' include blood python, Brongersma's short-tailed python, Malaysian bl ...
'' – Malaysian blood python, red blood pythonBeolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Brongersma", p. 39). *''
Litoria brongersmai ''Ranoidea brongersmai'' is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. It is endemic to New Guinea and known from its type locality in the Snow Mountains (Panara Valley near Mount Doorman Top), and according to the IUCN Red List of Threat ...
'' – Snow Mountains treefrog *'' Calamaria brongersmai'' – Brongersma's reed snake *''
Trimeresurus brongersmai ''Craspedocephalus brongersmai'', also known commonly as Brongersma's pit viper, Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S (2004). ''Asian Pitvipers''. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. . is a species of venomous snake ...
'' – Brongersma's pitviper *''
Bufo brongersmai ''Barbarophryne'' is a genus of toads in the family Bufonidae. It is monotypic, containing only the species Brongersma's toad (''Barbarophryne brongersmai''), also known as Tiznit toad. It is found in Algeria and Morocco. It is a small toad, up t ...
'' – Brongersma's toad *''
Eremiascincus brongersmai ''Eremiascincus brongersmai'', also known commonly as Brongersma's tree skink and the brown-sided bar-lipped skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the state of Western Australia. Etymology The specif ...
'' – Brongersma's night skink, Brongersma's tree skink *''
Lobulia brongersmai ''Lobulia brongersmai'', also known as the Brongersma's lobulia, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the island of New Guinea. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''L. brongersmai'' is forest, ...
'' – Brongersma's highland skink, Brongersma's lobulia *''
Amerotyphlops brongersmianus ''Amerotyphlops brongersmianus'', known commonly as Brongersma's worm snake or the South American striped blindsnake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is native to South America and Trinidad and Tobago ...
'' – Brongersma's worm snake *''
Tribolonotus brongersmai The Admiralty spiny skink (''Tribolonotus brongersmai''), also known commonly as Brongersma's helmet skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Admiralty Islands. Etymology The specific name, ''bronge ...
'' – Admiralty crocodile skink, Brongersma's helmet skink *''
Emoia brongersmai ''Emoia brongersmai'', also known commonly as Brongersma's emo skink and Brongersma's forest skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Indonesia. Etymology The specific name, ''brongersmai'', is in honor o ...
'' – Brongersma's emo skink


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''Nationaal Herbarium Nederland''Marine Turtle Newsletter: Leo Brongersma – an Appreciation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brongersma, Leo 1907 births 1994 deaths People from Bloemendaal 20th-century Dutch zoologists Dutch herpetologists Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences University of Amsterdam alumni Leiden University faculty