Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
labialis: L. labialis, pertaining to the lips. Cystignathus labialis Cope, 1877. (“...
A brilliant white band extends from the anterior part of the upper lip ...”).
Also Leptodactylus labialis — Brocchi, 1881. Leptodactylus mystaceus labialis
— Shreve, 1957. In the synonymy of Leptodactylus mystacinus (Burmeister,
1861).
labyrinthicus: L. labyrinthus, labyrinth, maze + L. -icus, suffix indicating possession,
belonging to, pertaining to, having the nature of, made of, quality
of, state or condition of. Rana labyrinthica Spix, 1824. (“... lituris labyrinthicis,
nigro-brunueis variegato ...”). Also Cystignathus labyrinthicus
— Wagler, 1830. Leptodactylus labyrinthicus — Girard, 1853. Pleurodema
labyrinthicum — Günther, 1859 “1858”. Gnathophysa labyrinthica —
Cope, 1865. Leptodactylus pentadactylus labyrinthicus — Müller, 1927.
Today Leptodactylus labyrinthicus (Spix, 1824).
lacrimae: L. lacrimae, tear; exuded gum/sap. Chiasmocleis lacrimae Peloso et al., 2014.
(“... The name is used as an allusion to the teardrop body shape of most gastrophrynine
microhylids, especially noticeable in many species of Chiasmocleis
...”). Also Chiasmocleis (Chiasmocleis) lacrimae — de Sá et al., 2018 “2019”.
lacrimosus: L. lacrimosus, tearful, weeping; causing tears. Cyclocephalus lacrimosus
Jiménez de la Espada, 1875. (?). Also Hylodes lacrimosus — Nieden,
1923. Eleutherodactylus lacrimosus — Gorham, 1966. Today Pristimantis
lacrimosus (Jiménez de la Espada, 1875).
lactea, lacteus: L. lactea, milky; milk-white. (1) Basanitia lactea Miranda-Ribeiro,
1923. (“... Côr geral branca lactea (carnea?) no alcohol …”). Also
Eleutherodactylus lacteus — Lynch, 1968. Eleutherodactylus lactea —
Harding, 1983 (incorrect subsequent spelling). Today Ischnocnema lactea
(Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923). (2) Hyla lactea Daudin, 1800. (“... Raine couleur
du lait ...”). Also Calamita lacteus — Merrem, 1820. Sphaenorhynchus
lacteus — Tschudi, 1838. Dryomelictes lactea — Fitzinger, 1843. Today
Sphaenorhynchus lacteus (Daudin, 1800). (3) Hyla lactea Lönnberg,
1896. (?). In the synonymy of Boana boans (Linnaeus, 1758).
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