Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
drão de colorido dorsal desta nova espécie ...”). Also Ololygon maracaya
— Duellman, 1985. Today Scinax maracaya (Cardoso & Sazima, 1980).
marambaiae: T. marambaia, from T. mbará-mbai, the enclosure of the sea, the
restinga, a sandbar surrounding the sea. Leptodactylus marambaiae Izecksohn,
1976. [“... Restinga da Marambaia, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, vivendo
nas proximidades do mar (aproximadamente 23° 03’ S / 43° 38’ W) ...”].
maranguapensis: P. Maranguape (from T. maranguá-pe, valley of the battle
or fight) + L. -ensis, belonging to a place. Adelophryne maranguapensis
Hoogmoed et al., 1994. (“... Named after the type locality, the Serra de Maranguape
...”).
marchesianus: Marchesi + L. -anus, belonging to. Honouring Padre João Marchesi
(?), Salesian missionary. Phyllobates marchesianus Melin, 1941. Also Colostethus
marchesianus — Edwards, 1971. Today Allobates marchesianus
(Melin, 1941).
marcusi: Marcus + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Harry Marcus (?), German physician working in Bolivia.
Caecilia marcusi Wake, 1985.
margaritatus: L. margaritatus, provided with pearls. Brachycephalus margaritatus
Pombal & Izecksohn, 2011. (“… em alusão ao corpo e aos membros
recobertos por protuberâncias esbranquiçadas nos exemplares fixados ...”).
margaritifera: L. margarita, pearl + L. fera, carry, bear. Rana margaritifera
Laurenti, 1768. (“... Corpore ex fusco-rubro, granulis margaritiformibus,
dilute rubellis, consperso ...”). Also Bufo margaritifer —Latreille in Sonnini
de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801 “An. X”. Bufo (Otilophis) margaritifer
— Cuvier, 1829. Otolophus margaritifer — Fitzinger, 1843. Otilophus
margaritifer — Günther, 1859 “1858”. Bufo margaritiferus — Cope, 1870
“1869”. Bufo margaritifera — Hoogmoed, 1989. Rhinella margaritifer —
Frost et al., 2006. Today Rhinella margaritifera (Laurenti, 1768).
marginata: L. marginata, provided with borders. (1). Hyla marginata Boulenger,
1887. (“... a dark brown line from the end of the snout, along the can-
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