Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
ferruginus: L. ferruginus, rust-colored, dun. Brachycephalus ferruginus Alves
et al., 2006. (“... The name is used in allusion to the frog’s dorsal reddish-brown
irregular markings ...”).
fiebrigi: Fiebrig + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Karl August Gustav Fiebrig (1869-1951), German biologist,
active in Paraguay and Argentina. Hyla fiebrigi Ahl, 1927. In the synonymy
of Scinax acuminatus.
fimbriata: L. fimbria, border, edge. Phrynomedusa fimbriata Miranda-Ribeiro,
1923. (“... uma fimbria branca percorre os beiços e antebraço e dedo externo
...”). Also Phyllomedusa fimbriata — Funkhouser, 1957.
fissilis: L. fissilis, easily split; split. It probably alludes to the need to separate this
species into a different genus from those then recognized. Coelonotus fissilis
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920. (“... O genero Nototrema, não póde evidentemente
conter estas duas especies conjunctamente, como tambem não póde
considerar as N. sensu strictu, N. fissilis e a especie de Boettger ...”). Also
Nototheca fissilis — Bokermann, 1950. Flectonotus fissilis — Bokermann,
1966. Today Fritziana fissilis (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920).
fissipes: L. fissus, split, cleave, divide; + L. pes, foot. Nototrema fissipes Boulenger,
1888. (“... Fingers free, first longest and opposable to the others; toes short,
with a very slight rudiment of web ...”). Also Opisthodelphis fissipes — Miranda-Ribeiro,
1926. Gastrotheca fissipes — Gorham, 1963. Gastrotheca
(Opisthodelphys) fissipes — Dubois, 1987 “1986. Gastrotheca (Eotheca)
fissipes — Duellman, 2015. Today Eotheca fissipes (Boulenger, 1888).
flamma: L. flamma, flame, blaze. Gastrotheca flamma Juncá & Nunes, 2008. (“...
The specific epithet flamma ... is a Latin substantive used in allusion to the
color pattern, which resemble “fire” ...”). Also Gastrotheca (Eotheca) flamma
— Duellman, 2015. Today Eotheca flamma (Juncá & Nunes, 2008).
flavescens: L. flavescens, become/turn yellow. Atelopus flavescens Duméril & Bibron,
1841. (“... Parties supérieures jaunâtres, tachetées de brun fauve ...”).
Also Phryniscus flavescens — Boulenger, 1882.
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