Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

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lo-Leitão, 1937. Flectonotus goeldii — B. Lutz, 1954. Today Fritziana goeldii
(Boulenger, 1895). (3) Hylodes goeldii Baumann, 1912. Also Elosia
goeldii — Müller, 1927. Megalelosia (sic) goeldii — A. Lutz, 1930. Today
Megaelosia goeldii (Baumann, 1912).
goiana, goianus, goyana, goyanus: P. pertaining to or from the state of
Goiás, Central Brazil; also Goiás, name of an ancient native-Brazilian tribe,
silvícolas Goiá, from T. guay´-ya, alike people + L. -ana, pertaining to.
(1) Colostethus goianus Bokermann, 1975. (“... Chapada dos Veadeiros,
1700 m, cerca de 30 km de Alto Paraíso, Goiás, Brasil ...”). Today Allobates
goianus (Bokermann, 1975). (2) Hyla polytaenia goiana B. Lutz, 1968.
(“... Jatobasinho, São João da Aliança, highland of Goiás ...”). Also Hyla
goiana — Cruz & Caramaschi, 1998. Hypsiboas goianus — Faivovich et al.,
2005. Today Boana goiana (B. Lutz, 1968). (3) Stombus goyanus Miranda-Ribeiro,
1937. (“... Seis exemplares, procedentes de Veadeiros e Rio São
Miguel, Goyaz ...”). Also Ceratophrys goyanus — Gorham, 1966. Stombus
goianus — Bokermann, 1966. Proceratophrys goyanus — Lynch, 1971. Today
Proceratophrys goyana (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937).
goinorum: Goin + L. -orum, genitive plural of the second declension. Honouring
Olive Lynda Bown Goin (1912-2000) and Coleman Jett Goin (1911-1986),
US American herpetologists. Hyla goinorum Bokermann, 1962. Also
Ololygon goinorum — Fouquette & Delahoussaye, 1977. Today Scarthyla
goinorum (Bokermann, 1962).
goliath: H. Goliath biblical, ‏(תַילָג)‏ giant. Leptodactylus goliath Jiménez de la Espada,
1875. (“... Dábanle el nombre de Hatun-Hambato, que equivale á
gran rana ó sapo ...”). In the synonymy of Leptodactylus pentadactylus
(Laurenti, 1768).
gollmeri: Gollmer + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Julius Gollmer (?-1861), German Consul in Caracas,
Venezuela. Ranula gollmeri Peters, 1859. In the synonymy of Lithobates
palmipes (Spix, 1824).
Gomphobates: G. gomphos (γόμφος), wooden bolt, peg, dowel (for fastening
timbers together) + G. bates (βατες), walker, who walks (from βαίνω,
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