Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
hypochondrialis: G. hypochondrio (υποχονδριο), under the cartilage (of the
breastbone). Hyla hypochondrialis Daudin, 1800. (“... Hyla suprà griseo
- cœrulescens, hypochondriis lateribusque artuum transversim fusco
vittatis ...”). Also Hyla hypocondrialis —Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt
& Latreille, 1801 “An. X” (incorrect subsequent spelling). Calamita
hypochondrialis — Merrem, 1820. Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis —
Cope, 1862. Phrynomedusa hypochondrialis — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926.
Bradymedusa hypochondrialis — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926. Phyllomedusa
(Pithecopus) hypochondrialis — B. Lutz, 1950. Pithecopus hypochondrialis
hypochondrialis — B. Lutz, 1966. Today Pithecopus hypochondrialis
(Daudin, 1800).
Hypodictyon: G. hypo (ύπό), beneath, below, under + G. diktyon (δίκτυον), net
(for fishing). Hypodictyon Cope, 1885 “1884”. (“... The Phyllobates with
areolated bellies, form, I think, a separate genus, for which I propose the
name Hypodictyon ...”). In the synonymy of Pristimantis Jiménez de la
Espada, 1870.
hypomelas: G. hypo (ύπό), beneath, below, under + G. melas (μέλας), black.
Emydops hypomelas Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920. (“... todo o lado inferior do
corpo, desde o mento até a ponta dos artelhos, negra ...”). Also Ribeirina
hypomelas — Parker, 1934. In the synonymy of Stereocyclops incrassatus
Cope, 1870.
Hypsiboas: G. hypsilos (ύψηλόσ), (of a harp) high-pitched + G. boao (βοάω),
scream, howl. Hypsiboas Wagler, 1830. (“... Ύψιβοας. Nomen ranae, sic
dictae ab alta voce ...”). One of the characters of the Batrachomyomachia,
the war between the frogs and the mice, a satire on the Iliad mistakenly
attributed to Homer, known as “the loud brawler”, who killed the mouse
Lychenora. In the synonymy of Boana Gray, 1825.
Hypsipsophus: G. hypsi (υψι), high up in the air, on high, aloft + G. psophos
(ψόφος), noise, sound, resound. Hypsipsophus Fitzinger, 1843. (?). In the
synonymy of Boana Gray, 1825.
Hysaplesia: As such, Hysaplesia is an etymological nonsense, and probably is a
lapsus calami for Hylaplesia (see), but stand as the correct original spell-
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