Admiralty spiny skink

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]

Admiralty spiny skink
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Tribolonotus
Species:	T. brongersmai
Binomial name
Tribolonotus brongersmai Cogger, 1972

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. 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. 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).