Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
guay River basin ...”). In the synonymy of Rhinella scitula (Caramaschi &
Niemeyer, 2003).
Paramophrynella: S. páramo, high Andean ecosystem, from L. paramus,
wasteland; uncultivated land + G. phrynos (φρύνος), toad + L. -ella, suffix
diminutive (etymology by the author). Paramophrynella La Marca, 2007
“2006”. (“... El origen del nombre es una combinación de las palabras
“páramo”, que denota uno de los ambientes más elevados de los Andes
tropicales, “phrynos”, del griego para sapo, y el sufijo diminutivo en Latín,
“-ella” ...”). In the synonymy of Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1870.
paranaensis: P. Paraná, name of a river and a Brazilian state (from T. pará-nã,
which is similar to the sea) + L. -ensis, belonging to a place. Eleutherodactylus
paranaensis Langone & Segalla, 1996. (“... El epíteto específico hace
referencia al nombre de la localidad y del Estado en el que fue colectado
...”). Today Ischnocnema paranaensis (Langone & Segalla, 1996).
paranaiba: T. paranaiba, parnaiba, muddy-watered or large river. Hypsiboas
paranaiba Carvalho et al., 2010. T (“... refers to the Paranaíba River, which
flows through most of the northern border of the Triângulo Mineiro region,
and is close to the sites where the type-series of H. paranaiba was collected
...”). Today Boana paranaiba (Carvalho et al., 2010).
paranaru: T. paranã, sea + T. aru, frog (in the tembé-ténêtéhar dialect). Leptodactylus
paranaru Magalhães et al., 2020. (“... reference to the new species
restricted occurrence along the Brazilian southeastern coastal zone,
which can be found at fresh or brackish water bodies a few meters from the
shore ...”).
Paratelmatobius: L. para-, near + L. Telmatobius, genus of anurans due to Wiegmann,
1834 [in turn, from G. telmatos (τέλματος), stagnant water, pond,
marsh, lagoon + G. bios (βίος), existence or condition of being alive; life].
Paratelmatobius B. Lutz & Carvalho, 1958. (“... Paratelmatobius parece formar
um elo entre as formas do gênero brasileiro Cyclorhamphus Tschudi,
1838, endêmico nas nossas serras costeiras, e as formas andinas, pertencentes
aos gêneros Telmatobius Wiegmann, 1835 e Batrachophrynus Peters,
1873 ...”). The same root in Paratelmatobiinae Ohler & Dubois, 2012.
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