Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
pardalis: L. pardus, leopard + L. -alis, pertaining to a, in a condition of. Hyla
pardalis Spix, 1824. (“... hypochondriis femoribusque nigro-fasciatis ...”).
Also Hypsiboas pardalis — Cope, 1867. Today Boana pardalis (Spix, 1824).
parecis: Ar. (?) Parecis, native Brazilians established in the state of Mato Grosso,
Brazil, self-denominated Haliti (person or people). Rhinella parecis Ávila
et al., 2020. (“... The specific name parecis ... refers to the Chapada dos
Parecis, a plateau occupying large portions of the Brazilian states of Mato
Grosso and Rondônia, Brazil ...”).
parkeri: Parker + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Hampton Wildman Parker (1897-1968), British herpetologist.
(1) Hyla parkeri Gaige, 1929. Also Ololygon parkeri — Fouquette & Delahoussaye,
1977. Scinax parkeri — Duellman & Wiens, 1992. In the synonymy
of Scinax fuscomarginatus (A. Lutz, 1925). (2) Hyla Parkeri De Witte,
1930. The same root in Hyla parkeriana De Witte, 1930 (replacement name
for Hyla parkeri De Witte, 1930, preoccupied by Hyla parkeri Gaige, 1929).
In the synonymy of Alainia fulvorufa (Andersson, 1911). (3) Hypopachus
parkeri Wettstein, 1934. Today Stereocyclops parkeri (Wettstein, 1934).
parnaiba: P. Parnaiba [a. k. a. Velho Monge], river that forms the border of the
states of Maranhão and Piauí, Brazil (in turn, from T. paranã-ayba, the big,
bad, or impractical flow). Pseudopaludicola parnaiba Roberto et al., 2013.
(“... The specific epithet parnaiba refers to the Parnaíba River, an allusion
to the habitat of the species, which occurs along the banks of this river ...”).
In the synonymy of Pseudopaludicola canga Giaretta & Kokubum, 2003.
parnaso: P. PARNASO, acronym for Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil). Ischnocnema parnaso Taucce et al., 2018. [“... The name
“PARNASO” is the abbreviation for Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos
(Serra dos Órgãos National Park), type locality of the species ...”].
parva: L. parva, small, little. Hylodes parvus Girard, 1853. [In the redesccription
of 1858, Girard noted “... The body is comparatively short, not quite
the two-thirds of the length, the head included. The limbs are slender; the
fingers and toes slender also, and terminated by comparatively small disks
...”]. Also Eleutherodactylus parvus — Stejneger, 1904. Today Ischnocnema
parva (Girard, 1853).
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