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Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1

langei: Lange + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.

Honouring Rudolf Bruno Lange (1922-2016), Brazilian zoologist. Hyla

langei Bokermann, 1965. Also Boana langei — Wiens et al., 2005. Today

Bokermannohyla langei (Bokermann, 1965).

langsdorffii: Langsdorff + L. -ii, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names

and nouns. Honouring Georg Heinrich Freiherr von Langsdorff [a. k. a.

Grigori Ivanovitch Langsdorff] (1774-1852), German-Russian naturalist

and traveler. Hyla Langsdorffii Duméril & Bibron, 1841. Also Hypsiboas

langsdorffii — Fitzinger, 1843. Hyla (Centrotelma) langsdorfii — Burmeister,

1856. Hyla langsdorfii — Günther, 1859 “1858”. Osteocephalus

langsdorffii — Cope, 1867. Today Itapotihyla langsdorffii (Duméril & Bibron,

1841).

lanthanites: G. lanthano (λανθάνω), undetected, hidden one + G -ites (-ῑ́της),

having the nature of, like. Eleutherodactylus lanthanites Lynch, 1975.

(“... in reference to my belief prior to field work that this frog might be a

polymorph of the sympatric E. conspicillatus ...”). Today Pristimantis lanthanites

(Lynch, 1975).

lateristriga: L. lateris, side; flank + L. striga, row or strip of anything. (1) Hyla

lateristriga Spix, 1824. (“... stria inter utrumque oculum transversa,

nigra, alia ad latera dorsi fulva ...”). In the synonymy of Scinax ruber

(Laurenti, 1768). (2) Nattereria lateristriga Steindachner, 1864. (“... Eine

breite, intensiv schwarzbraune, sammtartige Längsbinde, nach vorne und

hinten zugespitzt, zwischen dem hinteren Augenwinkel und der Lendengegend,

am vorderen unteren Rande zwischen dem Auge und der Schulter

hell gesäumt ...”). Today Physalaemus lateristriga (Steindachner, 1864).

lateristrigata, lateristrigatus: L. lateris, side; flank + L. striga, row or strip of

anything + L. atus, having the nature of. Elosia lateristrigata Baumann,

1912. (“... in den meisten Fällen nur eine dunkelbraun und weiße Marmorierung

der Hinterseite auf. Am Unterschenkel und Fuß beobachtet man

dunkle Flecken ...”). Hylodes lateristrigatus (Baumann, 1912).

laticeps: L. latus, wide, broad; spacious, extensive+ L. -ceps, -headed. Proceratophrys

laticeps Izecksohn & Peixoto, 1981. (“... Tamanho grande, com

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