Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
juninensis: S. Junin, Andean lake (a. k. a. Chinchaycocha ) in the homonymous
Peruvian department, from Q. surin, pampa, vast place + L. -ensis, belonging
to a place. Rana juninensis Tschudi, 1845. (?). (Probable confusion
with Batrachophrynus macrostomus Peters, 1873, today in Telmatobius).
In the synonymy of Lithobates palmipes (Spix, 1824).
juquinha: P. Juquinha, nickname of José Patrício, a. k. a. Juquinha das Flores (?-
1983), in turn from P. juquinha, despective, the silly one of the class. Odontophrynus
juquinha Rocha et al., 2017. (“... The specific epithet is a noun
in apposition and honors “Juquinha das Flores”, a hermit whose simplicity
and gentleness made him a folkloric figure at Serra do Cipó, type locality of
the new species ...”).
jureia: P. [Estação Ecológica da] Juréia-Itatins-Núcleo Rio Verde (24º22’S,
47º04’W, Datum WGS 84; 32 m altitude), municipality of Iguape, state
of São Paulo, Brazil (in turn, from T. jureia, high tide, from T. jur, to grow
[the tide] + T. eia, wash). (1) Dendrophryniscus jureia Cruz et al., 2019.
(“... The name of the species is an allusion to the type locality, in the Estação
Ecológica da Juréia-Itatins ...”). (2) Hyla jureia Pombal & Gordo,
1991. (“... O epíteto específico jureia é um nome em aposição, do Tupi (juré
+ eia), que significa “maré alta que lava as pedras”, sendo ao mesmo tempo
parte do nome do local de coleta, Estação Ecológica da Juréia-ltatins ...”).
Also Ololygon jureia — Duellman et al., 2016. Today Scinax jureia (Pombal
& Gordo, 1991).
kaingang: Gê. kaingang, people of the forest. Proceratophrys kaingang Santana
et al., 2021. [“... The specific epithet ... (refers) to the Kaingang (or Caingangue)
ethnic group, which inhabits the plateau regions of the states of
Paraná, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, Brazil ...”].
kamagarini: M. kamagarini, demon or devil. Dendropsophus kamagarini
Rivadeneira et al., 2018. (“... The Matsigenka language is spoken by the
Matsigenka people who inhabit the highlands and lowlands of southeastern
Peru, in the departments of Cusco and Madre de Dios. Judeo-Christian
religions depict the demon as a human figure with horns. The species name
is in allusion to the prominent horn-like tubercles on the upper eyelid of D.
kamagarini ...”).
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