Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

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thing) – a remembering of the airplane crash below the high place where it
lives ...”]. Today Pristimantis memorans (Myers & Donelly, 1997).
mendocinus: Mendoza (an Argentinian province) + L. -inus, having the nature
or condition of. Bufo mendocinus Philippi, 1869. (“... Das Museum in Santiago
hat aus der Provinz Mendoza mehrere Exemplare des Bufo chilensis
erhalten, welche bei Uspallata gesammelt sind, so wie eine bei Vistaflor
in derselben Provinz gesammelte Kröte, welche ich für verschieden halte,
und Bufo mendocinus nenne ...”). Also Bufo arenarum mendocinus — Gallardo,
1964. In the synonymy of Rhinella arenarum (Hensel, 1867).
meriana, merianae: Merian + L. -ae, suffix indicating the genitive of feminine
names and nouns. Honouring Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717), German
illustrator and naturalist. (1) Rana meriana Shaw, 1802. In the synonymy
of Trachycephalus typhonius (Linnaeus, 1758). (2) Bufo granulosus
merianae Gallardo, 1965. Today Rhinella merianae (Gallardo, 1965). (3)
Pseudis merianae Duméril & Bibron, 1841. In the synonymy of Pseudis
paradoxa (Linnaeus, 1758).
meridiana, meridianus: L. meridiana, -anus, southern. Hyla misera meridiana
B. Lutz, 1954 [“... Difere de ambas (refers to Hyla goughi Boulenger
from Trinidad and Hyla misera Werner from Venezuela) pelo comprimento
dos membros posteriores, dentes vomerinos, detalhes de padrão e
distribuição meridional ...”). Also Hyla meridiana — Bokermann, 1966.
Hyla microcephala meridiana — Duellman, 1974. Today Dendropsophus
meridianus (B. Lutz, 1954).
meridionalis: L. meridionalis, southern, from the south. (1) Adelophryne meridionalis
Santana et al., 2012. (“... It makes reference to the southernmost
record known for a species of the genus Adelophryne ...”). (2) Elosia nasus
meridionalis Mertens, 1927 (“... Terra typica: Wasserfall in 900 m Höhe, 3
km nordwestlich von Sao Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sol, Brasilien
...”). Also. Elosia meridionalis — Mertens, 1967. Today Hylodes meridionalis
(Mertens, 1927). (3) Pseudis meridionalis Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926.
(“... Devemos esta especia ao Snr. Rud. Gliesch, do Rio Grande do Sul ...”).
In the synonymy of Pseudis minuta Günther, 1858.
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