Leo Daniel Brongersma (17 May 1907 in Bloemendaal , North Holland – 24 July 1994 in Leiden ) was a Dutch zoologist , herpetologist , author, and lecturer.
Brongersma (near the helicopter) in 1959
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]
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
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]
Amerotyphlops 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]
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
Hoogmoed MS [in French] (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).