Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians
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Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
caueira (CEPLAC), in Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil. Sphaenorhynchus pauloalvini
Bokermann, 1973. Today Gabohyla pauloalvini (Bokermann, 1973).
paulodutrai: Paulo Dutra + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine
names and nouns. Honouring Paulo Coutinho Dutra (?), Brazilian agricultural
engineer at the Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira
(CEPLAC), in Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil. Eleutherodactylus paulodutrai Bokermann,
1975 “1974”. Today Pristimantis paulodutrai (Bokermann, 1975).
paviotii: Pavioti + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Antônio Pavioti (?), Brazilian naturalist. Proceratophrys
paviotii Cruz et al., 2005.
payaya: (?). Payaya, native Brazilian culture, once present at Chapada Diamantina.
Leptodactylus payaya Magalhães et al., 2020. (“... The region corresponds
to the new species type locality ...”).
pearsei: Pearse + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Arthur Sperry Pearse (1877-1956), US American zoologist. (1)
Hylella pearsei Ruthven, 1922. Also Hyla pearsei — Dunn, 1944. In the
synonymy of Boana punctata (Schneider, 1799). (2) Hypopachus pearsei
Ruthven, 1914. Also Elachistocleis pearsei — Dunn, 1944. Relictivomer
pearsei — Carvalho, 1954. Engystoma pearsei — Dubois et al., 2021. Today
Elachistocleis pearsei (Ruthven, 1914).
pearsoni: Pearson + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Nathan Everett Pearson (1895-1982), North American
ichthyologist. Hyla pearsoni Gaige, 1929. Also Osteocephalus pearsoni —
Goin, 1961. Today Dryaderces pearsoni (Gaige, 1929).
pedromedinae: Pedro Medina + L. -ae, suffix indicating belonging. Honouring
Pedro Medina Pizango, from Puerto Maldonado, Peru. Ololygon pedromedinae
Henle, 1991. Today Scinax pedromedinae (Henle, 1991).
peixotoi: Peixoto + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Oswaldo Luiz Peixoto, Brazilian herpetologist. Scinax peixotoi
Brasileiro et al., 2007. Also Ololygon peixotoi — Duellman et al., 2016.
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