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Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1

ohausi (Wandolleck, 1907). (2) Hyla ohausi Wandolleck, 1907. Also Fritzia

hohausi — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920. Fritzia ohausi — Miranda-Ribeiro,

1926. Fritziana ohausi — Bokermann, 1966. Flectonotus ohausi — Weygoldt

& Carvalho-e-Silva, 1991. Today Fritziana ohausi (Wandolleck, 1907).

olfersii: Olfers + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.

Honouring Ignaz Franz Werner Maria von Olfers (1793-1871), German naturalist,

historian, and diplomat. Phryniscus olfersii Lichtenstein & Martens,

1856. Also Phrynidium olfersi — Cope, 1867. Paludicola olfersi —

Peters, 1882. Today Physalaemus olfersii (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856).

olfersioides: L. [Paludicola] olfersii, anuran species due to Lichtenstein & Martens

(1856) (see) 12 + G. -oeides (-οειδές), similar to. Eupemphix olfersioides

A. Lutz, 1925. (“... Cette espèce ressemble à Paludicola olfersii, qui est

bien plus grande ...”). Also Phyllobates olfersioides — Bokermann, 1966.

Colostethus olfersioides — Edwards, 1971. Today Allobates olfersioides (A.

Lutz, 1925).

olivaceus: L. olivaceus, olive-colored. Brachycephalus olivaceus Bornschein et

al., 2015. (“... In life, dorsum, head, sides of the body, arms, legs, and thighs

dark green ...”).

oliveirai: Oliveira + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.

Honouring Francisco M. Oliveira (?), Bokermann assistant. Hyla oliveirai Bokermann,

1963. Today Dendropsophus oliveirai (Bokermann, 1963).

Ololigon, Ololygon: G. ólolÿgón (όλολΰγών), screecher (by extension, croacking

of the frog). (1) Ololygon Fitzinger, 1843. (?). (2) Ololigon abbreviatus

petropolitana — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923. In the synonymy of Thoropa petropolitana

(Wandolleck, 1907). Also Ololigon — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923

(incorrect subsequent spelling). In the synonymy of Scinax Wagler, 1830.

onca: P. onça, vernacular name of the jaguar, Panthera onca. Scinax onca Ferrão

et al., 2017. (“... The specific name onca refers to the Brazilian common

name for the jaguar Pantera [sic] onca (Linnaeus, 1758) due the blotchy

12 See Physalaemus olfersii.

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