Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
ing to Taylor & Smith (1945), authors of the specific epithet in the combination
Acrodytes modesta, this is “... A small member of the genus, the
known maximum size (15 specimens) 70 mm ...”].
moehringi: Möhring + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Karl Heinz Möhring (1938-2012), German-Brazilian industrial.
Proceratophrys moehringi Weygoldt & Peixoto, 1985.
moisesii: Moises + L. -ii, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Moisés Barbosa de Souza, Brazilian herpetologist. Amazophrynella
moisesii Rojas-Zamora et al., 2018.
molitor: Unclear. L. molitor, the one who builds; if derived from molo, molere,
grind (from the supposed resemblance of the male´s call to the grinding of
mill-stones?). Bufo molitor Tschudi, 1845. (?). Also Phrynoidis molitor —
Cope, 1862. In the synonymy of Rhinella poeppigii (Tschudi, 1845).
monachus: L. monachus, monk. Odontophrynus monachus Caramaschi & Napoli,
2012. (“... in allusion to the followers of Saint Francis of Assis, the Franciscan
monks ... The name is given for the type locality, in the headwaters
of the São Francisco River ...”).
mondolfii: Mondolfi + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Edgardo Mondolfi Otero (1918-1999), Venezuelan mammalogist.
Hyalinobatrachium mondolfii Señaris & Ayarzaguena, 2001.
montevidense, montevidensis: Montevideo, capital city of Uruguay + L. -ense,
-ensis, belonging to a place. (1) Phryniscus montevidensis Philippi, 1902.
(“... i en segundo lugar que todos ellos, a principiar por Bibron están equivocados
en creer que el Phryniscus, común a orillas del mar en Montevideo,
es el Phr. nigricans; es una especie fácil de distinguir, para la cual
propongo el nombre de Phr. Montevidensis ...”). Also Melanophryniscus
stelzneri montevidensis — Klappenbach, 1968. Today Melanophryniscus
montevidensis (Philippi, 1902). (2) Pleurodema montevidense Philippi,
1902. (“... Habitat in Montevideo ...”). In the synonymy of Physalaemus
gracilis (Boulenger, 1883).
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