Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
knudseni: Knudsen + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Jens Werner Knudsen (1928-?), US American biologist.
Leptodactylus knudseni Heyer, 1972.
koechlini: Koechlin + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring José Enrique Koechlin von Stein, Peruvian businessman.
Hyla koechlini Duellman & Trueb, 1989. Also Hyla koecklini — Duellman,
2005 (incorrect subsequent spelling). Today Dendropsophus
koechlini (Duellman & Trueb, 1989).
koki: Kok + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Pierre Kok (?), Dutch missionary and ethnographer in the Colombian
mission San Bernardo at Rio Papuri. Ctenocranius koki Melin,
1941. Also Eleutherodactylus koki — Myers, 1962. In the synonymy of
Strabomantis sulcatus (Cope, 1874).
korekore: Mu. korekore, frog (etymology by the authors). Proceratophrys korekore
Santana et al., 2021. (“... The specific epithet “korekore” ... means frog
in the language of the Mundurukus, an indigenous group that inhabits the
southwestern parts of Pará state and the northern region of Mato Grosso
state, Brazil ...”).
krausae: Krause L. -ae, suffix indicating the genitive of feminine names and nouns.
Honouring Ligia Krause, Brazilian herpetologist. Dendrophryniscus krausae
Cruz & Fusinatto, 2008.
kroyeri: Krøyer + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Henrik Nikolai Krøyer (1799-1870), Danish marine biologist.
Gomphobates kröyeri Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862 “1861”. Also Paludicola
kröyeri — Boulenger, 1882. Physalaemus kroyeri — Bokermann,
1966. Today Physalaemus kroyeri (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862).
kweti: Kwet + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Axel Alexander Karl Kwet, German herpetologist. Adenomera
kweti Carvalho et al., 2019.
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