Eremiascincus brongersmai

Eremiascincus brongersmai
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Eremiascincus
Species:	E. brongersmai
Binomial name
	Eremiascincus brongersmai; (Storr, 1972)
Synonyms
	Sphenomorphus brongersmai; Storr, 1972; Glaphyromorphus brongersmai; — Cogger, 2000; Eremiascincus brongersmai; — Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2009;

Last updated October 01, 2025

Eremiascincus brongersmai, also known commonly as Brongersma's tree skink and the brown-sided bar-lipped skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the state of Western Australia.^[2]

Etymology

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

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of E. brongersmai are rocky areas, shrubland, savanna, and forest.^[1]

Description

E. brongersmai has fully developed limbs, with five digits on each front foot and five digits on each hind foot.^[2]

Reproduction

E. brongersmai is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 Shea, G.; Cogger, H. (2017). "Eremiascincus brongersmai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T178593A101749779. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178593A101749779.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 Eremiascincus brongersmai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2015.
↑ 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. (Glaphyromorphus brongersmai, p. 39).

Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
Mecke S, Doughty P, Donnellan SC (2009). "A new species of Eremiascincus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the Great Sandy Desert and Pilbara Coast, Western Australia and reassignment of eight species from Glaphyromorphus to Eremiascincus ". Zootaxa2246: 1–20. (Eremiascincus brongersmai, new combination, p. 8). (in English, with an abstract in German).
Storr GM (1972). "Revisionary notes on the Sphenomorphus isolepis complex (Lacertilia, Scincidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen47: 1–5. (Sphenomorphus brongersmai, new species).
Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 1 2 Shea, G.; Cogger, H. (2017). "Eremiascincus brongersmai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T178593A101749779. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178593A101749779.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Eremiascincus brongersmai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2015.

[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. (Glaphyromorphus brongersmai, p. 39).

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