Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

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ton altamazonicus — Smith, 1877. Spelerpes altamazonicus — Boulenger,
1882. Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) altamazonica — Parra-Olea et al., 2004.
Today Bolitoglossa altamazonica (Cope, 1874). (3) Eleutherodactylus altamazonicus
Barbour & Dunn, 1921. (“... from the upper Amazon, probably
collected ... at Nauta ...”). Today Pristimantis altamazonicus (Barbour
& Dunn, 1921).
alter, altera: L. alter, altera, one (of two); second/another. Hyla rubra altera
B. Lutz, 1973 (replacement name for Hyla rubra orientalis B. Lutz, 1968).
(“... nomen novum for Hyla rubra orientalis B. Lutz, 1968 ...). Also Ololygon
altera — Carvalho-e-Silva & Peixoto, 1991. Scinax altera — Pombal et
al., 1995. Scinax alterus — Silvano & Pimenta, 2001. Today Scinax alter (B.
Lutz, 1973).
Altigius: Altig + L. -ius, suffix commemorative/dedicative. Honouring Ronald Altig,
US American herpetologist. Altigius Wild, 1995. In the synonymy of
Hamptophryne Carvalho, 1954.
altomontana: L. alta, high, elevated + L. montana, mountainous. Chiasmocleis
altomontana Forlani et al., 2017. (“... The specific name is a combination
derived from the Latin words altus meaning high and montani meaning
mountain that characterizes the high altitudinal mountain distribution up
to 1,000 m of the new species ...”). Also Chiasmocleis (Chiasmocleis) altomontana—
de Sá et al., 2018 “2019”.
aluminiata: L. aluminiata, provided with aluminium. Hyla aluminiata Andersson,
1906. (“... The front part of the head is either uniform silvery white, or
there are ... a few scattered spots ...”). In the synonymy of Dendropsophus
rhodopeplus (Günther, 1858).
alvarengai: Alvarenga + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names
and nouns. Honouring Colonel Moacyr Alvarenga (1915-2010), Brazilian
Air Force officer and zoologist. Hyla alvarengai Bokermann, 1956. Today
Bokermannohyla alvarengai (Bokermann, 1956).
amadoi: Amado + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Jorge Amado [Jorge Leal Amado de Faria] (1912-2001),
Brazilian modernist writer. Phyllodytes amadoi Vörös et al., 2017.
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