Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
plicifera, plicifer: L. plico, fold + L. fera, carry, bear. Hylodes plicifera Boulenger,
1888. (“... Head and back with several symmetrical linear folds, viz. a
median straight one from between the nostrils to above the vent, and five
undulous others on each side, beginning from the supraciliary edge and
crossing obliquely the upper eyelid ...”). Also Eleutherodactylus plicifer
— Stejneger, 1904. Same root in Eleutherodactylus pliciferus — Gorham,
1966. Today Haddadus plicifer (Boulenger, 1888).
plicifrons: L plicis, folded + L. frons, fore part of anything. Bubonias plicifrons
Cope, 1874. (“... A strong elevated fold ...”). Also Edalorhina plicifrons —
Boulenger, 1882. Paludicola plicifrons — Nieden, 1923. In the synonymy
of Edalorhina perezi Jiménez de la Espada, 1870.
pluvian: L. pluvia, rain. Pristimantis pluvian Oliveira et al., 2020. (“... The frogs
of this genus are known as Amazon Rain Frogs ...”).
poaju: T. poã, finger + T. ju, spine. Hypsiboas poaju Garcia et al., 2008. (“... in
reference to the prepollex that ends in a curved spine ...”). Today Boana
poaju (Garcia et al., 2008).
pocoto: P. pocot’o, onomatopoeia of a horse trotting. Pseudopaludicola pocoto
Magalhães et al., 2014. (“... The specific epithet refers to the similarity of
the advertisement call to the sound of a horse trotting, which in Portuguese
is expressed by the onomatopoeia pocotó ...”).
podicipinus: L. podicis, buttocks; anus + L. -inus, suffix indicating possession,
belonging to, pertaining to, having the nature of, made of, quality of, state
or condition of. Cystignathus podicipinus Cope, 1862. (“... Skin smooth
above, except a few minute warts on the coccygeal region. Lateral and postanal
region verrucose ...”). Also Leptodactylus podicipinus podicipinus —
Gans, 1960. Today Leptodactylus podicipinus (Cope, 1862).
Podonectes: G. podos (ποδος), foot + G. nektes (νεκτες), swimmer. Podonectes
Steindachner, 1864. (?). In the synonymy of Pseudis Wagler, 1830.
poecilogaster: G. poikílos (ποικίλος), having a natural intricacy (of colour, shade,
texture); dappled, spotted, mottled + G. gastir (γαστήρ), abdomen. Pa-
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