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.

Etymology The specific name, brongersmai, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Tribolonotus brongersmai, p. 39).

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

Reproduction T. brongersmai is oviparous.

References

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).