Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

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Francisco ... Its headwaters are located in the Parque Nacional da Serra da
Canastra, type locality of the new species ...”). (2) Vitreorana franciscana
Santana et al., 2015. (“... The specific epithet ... is a noun in apposition referring
to the São Francisco River, because the species habitat is in the São
Francisco and its tributaries ...”).
franciscus: L. franciscus, the frank, the Frenchman. Atelopus franciscus Lescure,
1974. (?).
fredi: Fred + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Carlos Frederico (“Fred”) Duarte da Rocha, Brazilian ecologist
and zoologist. (1) Hylodes fredi Canedo & Pombal, 2007. (2) Luetkenotyphlus
fredi Maciel et al., 2019.
freibergi: Freiberg + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Marcos Abraham Freiberg (1911-1990), Argentinian
herpetologist. Eupemphix freibergi Donoso-Barros, 1969. Also Physalaemus
freibergi — Cannatella et al., 1998. Today Engystomops freibergi
(Donoso-Barros, 1969).
freicanecae: Frei Caneca+ L. -ae, suffix indicating pertenence. Honouring the
sugarcane farm and distillation plant Usina Frei Caneca for its effort to
conserve one of the few remaining fragments of Atlantic Montane Forest
in northeastern Brazil, in which the species was found. Hyla freicanecae
Carnaval & Peixoto, 2004. Also Hypsiboas freicanecae — Faivovich et al.,
2005. Today Boana freicanecae (Carnaval & Peixoto, 2004).
Fritziana: Fritz + L. -ana, suffix indicating possession, belonging to. Honouring
Fritz Friedrich Theodor Müller (1822-1897), German-Brazilian zoologist.
Fritziana Mello-Leitão, 1937. Replacement name for Fritzia Miranda-Ribeiro,
1920 (preoccupied by Fritzia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879, a salticid
spider) (same root).
frontalis: L. frontalis, related to the forehead. Hyla frontalis Daudin, 1800. (“...
Tête petite, un peu obtuse; front ceint d’un large bandeau blanc luisant et
prolongé sur les cotés antérieurs du dos ...”). Also Dendropsophus frontalis
— Fitzinger, 1843. In the synonymy of Dendropsophus leucophyllatus
(Beireis, 1783).
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