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Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

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Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1

1961. Hyla senicula melanargyrea — B. Lutz, 1973. Hyla melanargyrea

— Caramaschi & Jim, 1983. Today Dendropsophus melanargyreus (Cope,

1887).

melanochrus: G. melanos (μέλανος), black + G. chros (χρώς), skin, flesh. Potomotyphlus

melanochrus Taylor, 1968. (“... The color is deep black throughout

...”). In the synonymy of Potamotyphlus kaupii (Berthold, 1859).

melanodactylus: G. melanos (μέλανος), black + G. dactylos (δάκτυλος), finger,

toe. Scinax melanodactylus Lourenço et al., 2014. (“... The name is an allusion

to the black nuptial pad, a so far exclusive feature among all known

species of Scinax ...”).

melanomystax: G. melanos (μέλανος), black + G. mystax (μύσταξ), moustache.

Phyllodytes melanomystax Caramaschi et al., 1992. (“... The new species

is characterized by its small size, absence of dorsal color pattern, and presence

of a large dark brown stripe on the snout and canthus rostralis ...”).

Melanophryne: G. melanos (μέλανος), black + G. phrynos (φρύνος), toad. Melanophryne

Lehr & Trueb, 2007. (“... The name refers to the black or dark

brown colour of the skin in combination with phryne, which is a commonly

used ending for microhylid generic names ...”). In the synonymy of Ctenophryne

Mocquard, 1904.

Melanophryniscus: G. melanos (μέλανος), black + G. phrynos (φρύνος), toad.

+ G. -ikos (-ίκος), looking like, belonging to. Melanophryniscus Gallardo,

1961. (“... Ya que Phryniscus Wiegmann y su especie P. nigricans con el

cual se conoció a A. stelzneri durante mucho tiempo no puede usarse, pues

fue creado para el juvenil de Bufo spinulosus ... es conveniente crear uno

nuevo, Melanophryniscus ...”).

melanopogon: G. melanos (μέλανος), black + G. pogon (πώγων), beard. Stombus

melanopogon Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926. (“... negro fuliginoso do peito para a

boca ...”). Today Proceratophrys melanopogon (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926).

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