Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians
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Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
lumbricoïdaea: L. lumbricus, earthworm + L. -oides, suffix indicating likeness.
Caecilia lumbricoïdaea Daudin, 1803 “An. XI”. (“... On ne peut mieux comparer
cette cécilie qu’à un lombric ou ver de terre, à cause de sa forme qui
est mince, très-longue d’égale grosseur depuis la tète jusqu’au bout de la
queue ...”). Also Caecilia gracilis var. lumbricoidea — Duméril, 1863. Caecilia
lumbricoides — Merrem, 1820. Coecilia lumbricoidaea — Fitzinger,
1864. In the synonymy of Caecilia gracilis Shaw, 1802.
lundii: Lund + L. -ii, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801-1880), Danish paleontologist and
zoologist. Hyla (Centrotelma) Lundii Burmeister, 1856. Hyla lundii — Caramaschi
& Napoli, 2004. Also Hypsiboas lundii — Faivovich et al., 2005.
Today Boana lundii (Burmeister, 1856).
luscombei: Luscombe + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names
and nouns. Honouring B. Anthony Luscombe, US American-Peruvian naturalist.
Eleutherodactylus luscombei Duellman & Mendelson, 1995. Today
Pristimantis luscombei (Duellman & Mendelson, 1995).
luteolus: L. luteus, yellow; saffron + L. -olus, suffix dimminutive. Hyla luteola
Wied-Neuwied, 1821. (“... Ein noch unbeschriebener kleiner Laubfrosch,
Hyla luteola, von blassgelblicher Farbe mit einem dunkleren Striche durch
das Auge ...”). Also Hylaplesia luteola —Boie in Schlegel, 1826. Phyllodytes
luteolus — Wagler, 1830. Hypsiboas luteolus — Tschudi, 1838. Hyla
(Phyllodytes) luteolus — Fitzinger, 1843. Hyla (Hyla) luteola — Burmeister,
1856. Today Phyllodytes luteolus (Wied-Neuwied, 1820).
lutzae: Lutz + L. -ae, suffix indicating the genitive of feminine names and nouns. Honouring
Bertha Maria Julia Lutz (1894-1976), Brazilian herpetologist. Megaelosia
lutzae Izecksohn & Gouvêa, 1987 “1985”. Also Hylodes lutzae — Dubois
et al., 2021. Today Phantasmarana lutzae (Izecksohn & Gouvêa, 1987).
lutzi, lutzii: Lutz + L. -i, -ii, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Adolpho Lutz (1885-1940), Brazilian sanitarist and zoologist.
(1) Bufo granulosus lutzi Gallardo, 1965. In the synonymy of Rhinella
mirandaribeiroi (Gallardo, 1965). (2) Dendrophryniscus brevipollicatus
lutzi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926. In the synonymy of Dendrophryniscus
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