''Lobulia brongersmai'', also known as the Brongersma's lobulia, is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...
, a
lizard
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in the
family
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Scincidae. The species is
endemic
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to the island of
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
.
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Habitat
The preferred natural habitat
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of ''L. brongersmai'' is forest
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, at altitudes of .[
]
Etymology
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''brongersmai'', is in honor of Dutch herpetologist 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.
Brongersma was born in Bloemendaal, North Holland, and earned his PhD at the University of Am ...
.[ Beolens B, Watkins M, ]Grayson M
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(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Lobulia brongersmai'', p. 39).
Description
''L. brongersmai'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .[
]
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of ''L. brongersmai'' is unknown.[
]
References
Further reading
* (1974). "The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus ''Leiolopisma'' and its relatives". ''Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series'' 22 (31): 1–67. (''Lobulia brongersmai'', new combination).
* Zweifel RG (1972). "A new scincid lizard of the genus ''Leiolopisma'' from New Guinea". ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' 47: 530–539 + Plate I. (''Leiolopisma brongersmai'', new species).
Lobulia
Endemic fauna of New Guinea
Skinks of New Guinea
Reptiles of Papua New Guinea
Reptiles of Western New Guinea
Reptiles described in 1972
Taxa named by Richard G. Zweifel
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