Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
Piparius: L. Pipa, genus of anurans due to Laurenti (1768) (see) + L. -ius, suffix
commemorative/dedicative. Piparius Rafinesque, 1815. (“... 8. Piparius R.
Pipa Dum ...”). In the synonymy of Pipa Laurenti, 1768.
piperata: L. piperata, peppered; peppery. Lophyohyla piperata Miranda-Ribeiro,
1923. (“... Coloração carne-amarellada finamente punctulada de chocolate
...”). Also Lophiohyla piperata — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 (incorrect subsequent
spelling). Amphodus piperatus — Myers, 1946. In the synonymy of
Phyllodytes luteolus Wied-Neuwied, 1820.
pipiens: L. pipiare, squeak, chirp of birds. Rana pipiens Daudin, 1802 “An. XI”.
(?). In the synonymy of Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802).
pipilans: L. pipilare, twitter, chirp. Hylodes pipilans Canedo & Pombal, 2007. (“...
The species name, pipilans, is a Latin word that means ‘‘who sings like a
bird’’, referring to the advertisement call of this species ...”).
pisanoi: Pisanó + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Juan Pisanó (?), Argentinian paleontologist. Bufo pisanoi Casamiquela,
1967. In the synonymy of Rhinella diptycha (Cope, 1862).
piscatrix: L. piscatrix, one who performs as fish. Rana piscatrix Fermin, 1765.
(“... C’est effectivement une chose très-singulière, que de voir cette Métamorphose
de poisson en Grenouille & de Grenouille en poisson ....”). In the
synonymy of Pseudis paradoxa (Linnaeus, 1758).
piscis: L. piscis, fish. Rana piscis Linnaeus, 1766. (“... Larva piscem referens magnitudine
cum ipsa Ranae certat, unde Rana -– piscis perperam essicta a
Meriana & Seba ...”). [Not a substitute name for Rana paradoxa, as noted
by Frost, 2021; just a comment (under Rana paradoxa) on the name used
by Merian (1719) and Seba (1734)]. In the synonymy of Pseudis paradoxa
(Linnaeus, 1758)].
pitanga: T. pitanga, reddish. Brachycephalus pitanga Alves et al., 2009. (“... It is
used here in allusion to the reddish color of the dorsum of B. pitanga ...”).
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