Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
albonotatus: L. albus, white, pale + L. notatus, marked, signed. (1) Leiuperus
albonotatus Steindachner, 1864. (“... Der Rücken ist in der Regel hellgrau,
selten graulich violett. Dunkelbraune Flecken mit hellgesäumtem Rande
liegen unregelmässig zerstreut auf der Rückenfläche, fliessen in den meisten
Fällen an ihren Enden mehr oder minder zusammen und schliessen
so hellere, grössere oder kleinere Flecken von der Grundfarbe des Körpers
vollständig oder nur zum Theile ein (...). Hierauf bezieht sich der von
Fitzinger gewählte Artname Ph. Albonotatus ...”). Also Physolaemus albonotatus
Jan, 1857. Gomphobates albonotatus — Günther, 1865. Today
Physalaemus albonotatus (Steindachner, 1864). (2) Bufo albonotatus
Daudin, 1803 “An. XI”. (“... Le crapaud a taches blanches ...”). Also Bufo
albonatus — Merrem, 1820 (incorrect subsequent spelling). In the synonymy
of Lithodytes lineatus (Schneider, 1799).
albopunctata, albopunctatus: L. albus, white, pale + L. punctata, -us, punctuated;
pointed. (1) Hyla albopunctata Spix, 1824. (“... femoribus postice
punctatis ...”). Also Hypsiboas albipunctatus — Cope, 1867 (error for Hypsiboas
albopunctatus). Hyla albopunctata albopunctata — Rivero, 1961.
Hypsiboas albopunctatus — Faivovich et al., 2005. Today Boana albopunctata
(Spix, 1824). (2) Engystoma albopunctatum Boettger, 1885. (“... corpore
undique laete albopunctato ...”). Also Gastrophryne albopunctata —
Stejneger, 1910. Chiasmocleis (Chiasmocleis) albopunctata — de Sá et al.,
2018 “2019”. Chiasmocleis (Relictus) albopunctata — de Sá et al., 2018
“2019. Today Chiasmocleis albopunctata (Boettger, 1885).
albosignata, albosignatus: L. albus, white, pale + L. signata -us, mark, stamp.
Hyla albosignata A. Lutz & B. Lutz, 1938. (“... The species name is derived
from the other principal character, an agglomeration of glandular dots that
form part of the anal pattern ...”). Also Boana albosignata — Wiens et al.,
2005. Today Aplastodiscus albosignatus (A. Lutz & B. Lutz, 1938).
albotunica: L. albus, white, pale + L. tunica, undergarment, shirt, tunic. Cochranella
albotunica Taylor & Cochran, 1953. [“... eyeball surrounded
largely by a white tunic (seen easily on inside of mouth) ...”]. Also Centrolenella
albotunica — Lynch & Duellman, 1973. In the synonymy of Vitreorana
uranoscopa (Müller, 1924).
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