Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
apêndices palpebrais longos e um pequeno apêndice anterior no lábio superior,
distinguindo-se de P. appendiculata e P. boiei principalmente pela
maior largura da cabeça ...”).
latinasus: L. latus, wide, broad; spacious, extensive + L. nasus, nose. Leptodactylus
latinasus Jiménez de la Espada, 1875. (“... contorno maxilar saliente,
avanzado sobre la abertura de la boca, inferior en casi toda su extensión, y
particularmente en el hocico, cuya punta es cónica y encorvada hacia abajo
...”). Also Leptodactylus latinasus latinasus — Cei, 1980.
latistriata: L. latus, wide, broad; spacious, extensive + L. striata, provided with
channels; grooves; wrinkles. Hyla latistriata Caramaschi & Cruz, 2004.
[“...O nome da espécie é composto por dois adjetivos latinos, latus, largo, e
striatus, listrado ou estriado, em alusão às largas faixas que compõem seu
padrão de colorido dorsal...”]. Also Hypsiboas latistriatus — Faivovich et
al. (2005). In the synonymy of Boana polytaenia (Cope, 1870).
latrans: L. latrare, bark, bark at. Rana latrans Steffen, 1815. [(?) “... Ranae latrantis
descriptio ... Rana latrans a cel. Tilesio in Brasilia detecta est ...”]. Also
Leptodactylos latrans — Lavilla et al., 2010 (error typographicus). Today
Leptodactylus latrans (Steffen, 1815).
latro: L. latro, robber, brigand, bandit; plunderer. Pristimantis latro Oliveira et
al., 2017. (“... refers to the common name generally attributed to the species
of Pristimantis - “Robber Frogs” - that exhibit a dark band on the snout,
creating the illusion of a robber’s mask ...”).
laurae: Laura + L. -ae, suffix indicating the genitive of feminine names and nouns.
Honouring Laura Miriam Heyer, W. Ronald Heyer’s daughter. Leptodactylus
laurae Heyer, 1978. In the synonymy of Leptodactylus furnarius
Sazima & Bokermann, 1978.
lauramiriamae: Laura Miriam + L. -ae, suffix indicating the genitive of feminine
names and nouns. Honouring Laura Miriam Heyer, W. Ronald Heyer’s
daughter. Leptodactylus lauramiriamae Heyer & Crombie, 2005. (“... The
species is named for Laura Miriam Heyer, daughter of WRH. Laura previously
had a species of Leptodactylus named for her, which had to be placed
in the synonymy of L. furnarius ...”).
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