Admiralty spiny skink

Admiralty spiny skink
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Tribolonotus
Species:
T. brongersmai
Binomial name
Tribolonotus brongersmai
Cogger, 1972

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.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, brongersmai, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma.[3]

Habitat

The natural habitat of T. brongersmai is unknown. The holotype was collected on a copra plantation, beneath a pile of rotting coconut husks.[1]

Reproduction

T. brongersmai is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Tallowin, O.; Allison, A. (2013). "Tribolonotus brongersmai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T196648A2470624. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196648A2470624.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Tribolonotus brongersmai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 2020.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tribolonotus brongersmai, p. 39).

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (1972). "A new scincid lizard of the genus Tribolonotus from Manus Island, New Guinea". Zoologische Mededelingen 47: 202–210 + Plate I. (Tribolonotus brongersmai, new species).



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