Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
aeneus: L. aeneus (also aheneus), copper, of copper; bronze, made of bronze.
Crossodactylus aeneus Müller, 1924. (“... Die ganze Rückenzone — von der
Schnauze bis zum After —, sowie die Oberarme sind lichtbronzefarbig mit
starkem Metallglanz ...”). In the synonymy of Crossodactylus gaudichaudii
Duméril & Bibron, 1841.
affinis: L. affinis, related, akin, connected. (1) Hyla affinis Spix, 1824. (“... Corpus
mediocre, Hylae nebulosae affine ...”). In the synonymy of Scinax x-signatus
(Spix, 1824). (2) Rana affinis Peters, 1859. (“... Dieser Frosch unterscheidet
sich von unserer Rana temporaria, mit welcher er durch die
Form des Körpers, der Extremitäten ...”). Also Ranula affinis — Cope, 1866.
Rana (Ranula) affinis — Sumichrast, 1880. In the synonymy of Lithobates
palmipes (Spix, 1824).
agilis: L. agilis, agile, nimble, quick, active; energetic. Hyla agilis Cruz & Peixoto,
1983 “1982”. (“... O nome “agilis” foi atribuído em função da extraordinária
agilidade apresentada pelos indivíduos dessa espécie, o que dificulta, em
muito a sua captura ...”). Also Ololygon agilis — Duellman et al., 2016. Today
Scinax agilis (Cruz & Peixoto, 1983).
agrestis: L. agrestis, rustic, inhabiting countryside; rude, wild, savage. Hyla
agrestis Bell, 1843. (“... Mr. Darwin observes that this species was found
in numbers in the open grass plains, and likewise in swamps, about Maldonado,
and that they can never ascend trees, as these are entirely wanting
at the places frequented by the Hylae ...”). In the synonymy of Boana pulchella
(Duméril & Bibron, 1841).
agua: (?) agua, apocope of (?) aguaquaquan, vernacular name of unknown origin,
according to Seba (1734). (1) Bufo agua Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt
& Latreille, 1801 "An. X." (“... Séba l’a figuré sous plusieurs noms,
mais ses figures sont à peine reconnaissables ...”). Also Docidophryne
agua — Fitzinger, 1843. In the synonymy of Rhinella icterica (Spix, 1824).
(2) Phrynoidis agua — Cope, 1862. Simultaneously in the synonymy of
Rhinella poeppigii (Tschudi, 1845) and Rhinella icterica (Spix, 1824), fide
Frost (2021).
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