Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
joannae: Jo Ann + L. -ae, suffix indicating the genitive of feminine names and
nouns. Honouring Jo Ann Oxley-Foster, US American philantropist. Hyla
joannae Köhler & Lötters, 2001. Today Dendropsophus joannae (Köhler
& Lötters, 2001).
joaquini: Joaquim + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Joaquim Venâncio Fernandes (1895-1955), Brazilian
technician. Hyla raddiana joaquini B. Lutz, 1968. {“... It is honouring the
co-finder, my late assistant and collaborator, Joaquim Venancio, whose
name is the same as that of the patron saint of the type locality ...” (in
turn, “outside São Joaquim, [Serra Geral,] in the state of Santa Catarina
(28°17′19″S., 49°55′56″W.) at about 1,350 meters altitude, in open, montane
meadow formation”, Brazil}. Also Hyla pulchella joaquini — B. Lutz,
1973. Hyla joaquini — Garcia et al., 2003. Hypsiboas joaquini — Faivovich
et al., 2005. Today Boana joaquini (B. Lutz, 1968).
joazeirensis: P. Joazeiro, in the original description (actually Juazeiro, municipality
in the state of Bahía, Brazil, 9°24′50″S, 40°30′10″W; in turn, from
T. juazeiro, spiny fruit, vernacular name of the tree Zizyphus joazeiro,
Rhamnaceae) + L. -ensis, belonging to a place. Ceratophrys joazeirensis
Mercadal de Barrio, 1986. (“... Locus typicus: Joazeiro, Estado de Bahia,
Brasil ...”).
johnstonei: Johnstone + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Robert Stewart Johnstone (1855-1936), British solicitor
and colonial administrator. Eleutherodactylus johnstonei Barbour, 1914.
Also Hylodes johnstonei — Nieden, 1923. [Species introduced in Brazil].
jolyi: Joly + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Aylthon Brandão Joly (1924-1975), Brazilian botanist. Leptodactylus
jolyi Sazima & Bokermann, 1978.
jordanensis: P. [Campos do] Jordão, city in Serra da Mantiqueira, state of São Paulo,
Brazil + L. -ensis, belonging to a place. (1) Cycloramphus jordanensis
Heyer, 1983. (“... named after the type locality ...”). Also Megaelosia jordanensis
— Verdade & Rodrigues, 2009 “2008”. Hylodes jordanensis — Dubois
et al., 2021. Today Phantasmarana jordanensis (Heyer, 1983). (2) Physa-
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