Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
helianneae: Helianne + L. -ae, suffix indicating the genitive of feminine names
and nouns. Honouring Helianne de Niemeyer, Brazilian archaeologist.
Elachistocleis helianneae Caramaschi, 2010. Also Engystoma helianneae
— Dubois et al., 2021.
helioi: Helio + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Helio Ricardo da Silva, Brazilian herpetologist. (1) Hemiphractus
helioi Sheil & Mendelson, 2001. (2) Trachycephalus helioi Nunes
et al., 2013.
hellmichi: Hellmich + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Probably honouring Karl George Walter Hellmich (1906-1974),
German herpetologist. Chthonerpeton hellmichi Taylor, 1968. In the synonymy
of Chthonerpeton indistinctum (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862).
hemidactyloides: L. Hemidactylus, genus of lizards due to Oken (1817) [in turn
from G. hemisys (ηεμισυς), half + G. dachtylo (δάχτυλο), digit] + L. -oides,
suffix indicating likeness. Leptodactylus hemidactyloides Andersson,
1945. (“... All upper surfaces are densely covered with small uniform pointed
tubercles, the back resembling that of some Hemidactylus lizards ...”).
In the synonymy of Lithodytes lineatus (Schneider, 1799).
Hemiphractus: G. hemisis (ήμισυς), half + G. fraktis (φρακτης), fence, protection,
in reference to the “helmet” that covers the front half of the head.
Hemiphractus Wagler (1828). (?). Same root in Hemiphractidae Peters,
1862.
Hemipipa: G. hemisis (ήμισυς), half + L. Pipa, genus of anurans due to Laurenti
(1768) (see). Hemipipa Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937. (“... Eis de como podemos
ver que o modo de evolução de Pipa e Protopipa é secundario de Xenopus
e Hymenochyrus e subsequente de Hemipipa, que é intermediario ...”). In
the synonymy of Pipa Laurenti, 1768.
henseli: Hensel + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Reinhold Friedrich Hensel (1826-1881), German zoologist.
(1) Hylodes henselii Peters, 1870. Also Eleutherodactylus henselii
— Stejneger, 1904. Today Ischnocnema henselii (Peters, 1870). (2) Paludi-
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