Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
is typified by Hylodes, excepting that the nasal bones are not so reduced
as in the type of Phyllobates ...”). In the synonymy of Eleutherodactylus
Duméril & Bibron, 1841.
malkini: Malkin + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Borys Malkin (1917-2009), Polish-US American zoologist.
Eleutherodactylus malkini Lynch, 1980. Today Pristimantis malkini
(Lynch, 1980).
mambaiensis: P. Mambaí, municipality of the state of Goiás, Brazil; from T.
amambaí-y, river of ferns + L. -ensis, belonging to a place. Trachycephalus
mambaiensis Cintra et al., 2009. [“... vicinity of Santa Edwiges I hydroelectric
powerplant dam, Municipality of Mambaí, State of Goiás, Brazil
(14°17’24’’S 46°11’37’’W) ...”].
manaos: A. (?) manaós, mother of gods; name of a native Brazilian nation and,
as Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, on the left Negro river
bank. Amazophrynella manaos Rojas et al., 2014. (“... We name the species
in honor of the Manaos Amerindian tribe that inhabited the region
of the present day city of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, where the species is
distributed ...”).
manauensis: Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, on the left Negro
river bank + L. -ensis, belonging to a place. Atelopus manauensis Jorge et
al., 2020. (“... refers to the location of the occurrence of the new species,
municipality of Manaus, state of Amazona, Brazil ...”).
manezinho: P. “manezês” or “manezinho”, is a variety of Brazilian Portuguese
spoken at Santa Catarina, heavily influenced by the Azorean Portuguese.
Eleutherodactylus manezinho Garcia, 1996. (“... “Manezinho” é uma expressão
regional, usada como um apelido dado aos habitantes nativos das
comunidades litorâneas da Ilha de Santa Catarina e arredores, na sua maioria
descendentes dos colonizadores açorianos. O nome é uma homenagem
aos habitantes da comunidade do Córrego Grande, localidade-tipo da nova
espécie ...”). Today Ischnocnema manezinho (Garcia, 1996).
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