Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
lauroi: Lauro + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Lauro Pereira Travassos (1890-1970), Brazilian parasitologist.
Dendrophryniscus brevipollicatus lauroi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926. Today
Dendrophryniscus lauroi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926.
lavillai: Lavilla + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Esteban Orlando Lavilla, Argentinian herpetologist. Odontophrynus
lavillai Cei, 1985.
laynei: Layne+ L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring James Nathaniel Layne (1926-2017), US American mammalogist.
Hyla laynei Goin, 1957. In the synonymy of Dendropsophus reticulatus
(Jiménez de la Espada, 1870).
lazarus: G. lazaros, (λαζαρος) corpse. (1) Bufo lazarus Spix, 1824. In the synonymy
of Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758). (“... Grandis, olivaceo-virescens
...”). Docidophryne Lazarus — Fitzinger, 1861 “1860”. In the synonymy of
Rhinella poeppigii (Tschudi, 1845).
leali: Leal + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Paulo Nunes Leal (1916-2003), Brazilian military and politician,
Governor of the state of Rondonia (1954-1955 and 1958-1961). Hyla
leali Bokermann, 1964. Today Dendropsophus leali (Bokermann, 1964).
Leiuperinae: L. Leiuperus, genus of anurans due to Duméril & Bibron, 1841 (see;
today in the synonymy of Pleurodema Tschudi, 1838) + L. -inae, suffix indicating
the category of subfamily in the zoological classification (Art. 29,
ICZN). Leiuperinae Bonaparte, 1850.
Leiuperus: G. leios (λείος), smooth + G. yperoa (υπερώα), palate. Leiuperus
Duméril & Bibron, 1841. (“... Pas de dents au palais ...”). Also Liyperus Agassiz,
1846 (unjustified emendation of Leiuperus). Lihyperus — O’Shaughnessy,
1875 (incorrect subsequent spelling). In the synonymy of Pleurodema
Tschudi, 1838.
lentiginosus: L. lentiginosus, lentil-shaped spot; freckle. Bufo lentiginosus dorsalis
— Garman, 1884. (?). In the synonymy of Rhinella ornata (Spix, 1824).
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