Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
Hyla: G. Hylas (Ύλας), the young lover of Heracles kidnapped by water nymphs, a
name that is traditionally associated with tree frogs. Hyla Laurenti, 1768.
(“... Hyla comes Herculis, ab eo in Bithinia perditus; sacris postea institutis,
ut continuo clamaretur hyla! hyla! hyla! quasi ad eundem repetendum;
ad cujus imitationem dixit Virgilius: Ut littus hyla hyla omne sonaret.
Eccl. VI. 44.Quam ob rem haec quasi Hylae sacerdos nomen ejusdem
merita est ...”].
hylaedactyla, hylaedactylus: G. yla (υλά), wood (in the sense of log) + G. dactylos
(δάκτυλος), finger, toe. Cystignathus hylaedactylus Cope, 1868. (“...
the digits without dermal margins ...”). Also Leptodactylus hylaedactylus
— Boulenger, 1882. Leptodactylus marmoratus hylaedactylus — Rivero,
1961. Leptodactylus (Lithodytes) hylaedactylus — Frost et al., 2006. Today
Adenomera hylaedactyla (Cope, 1868).
hylaeformis: L. hylaeformis, shaped like a Hyla. Hylodes hylaeformis Melin,
1941. (“... Habit Hyla arborea-like ...”). In the synonymy of Pristimantis
ockendeni (Boulenger, 1912).
Hylaemorphus: L. Hyla (see), a name that is traditionally associated with tree
frogs + G. morphi (μορφή), form. Hylaemorphus Jan, 1857. Nomen
nudum. Also Hylaemorphus Schmidt, 1857. In the synonymy of Atelopus
Duméril & Bibron, 1841.
Hylaplesia: L. Hyla (see), a name that is traditionally associated with tree frogs +
G. plisios (πλησίος), close, nearby. Hylaplesia — Boie in Schlegel, 1826 (incorrect
subsequent spelling of Hysaplesia Boie, 1826). (?). Also Hyloplesia
Agassiz, 1846 (unjustified emendation of Hylaplesia Boie, 1827). In the
synonymy of Boana Gray, 1825 and Dendrobates Wagler, 1830.
hylax: G. ýláo (ύλάω), (of dogs) bark (as a hostile reaction to a stranger). Hyla hylax
Heyer, 1985. (“... Latinized Greek for barker, in allusion to the distinctive
dog bark-like advertisement call ...”). Also Boana hylax — Wiens et al.,
2005. Today Bokermannohyla hylax (Heyer, 1985).
hyleaustralis: G. hyleis (ὖλήεις), (of locations) thickly covered with vegetation
+ L. australis, southern; of/brought by the south wind. Pseudopaludicola
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