Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
ratelmatobius poecilogaster Giaretta & Castanho, 1990. (“... O epíteto específico
tem origem no grego “poikílos” + “gáster” (= ventre variegado),
em alusão à variedade de cores no ventre dos animais aqui descritos ...”).
poeppigii: Poeppig + L. -ii, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798-1868), German naturalist.
(1) Bufo Poeppigii Tschudi, 1845. Also Bufo marinus poeppigi —
Mertens, 1952. Chaunus poeppigii — Frost et al., 2006. Today Rhinella
poeppigii (Tschudi, 1845). (2) Leptodactylus poeppigi Melin, 1941. In the
synonymy of Adenomera hylaedactyla (Cope, 1868).
Pohlia: Pohl + L. -ia, dedicative suffix. Honouring Johann Emanuel Pohl (1782-
1834), Austrian botanist. Pohlia Steindachner, 1867. In the synonymy of
Lithobates Fitzinger, 1843.
polytaenia: G. polys (πολύς), several + L. taenia, ribbon, tape, band. Hyla polytaenia
Cope, 1870 “1869 “. (“... In the lined specimen there are additional
lines on the lips, humerus and femur ...”). Also Hyla polytaenia polytaenia
— B. Lutz, 1968. Hypsiboas polytaenius — Faivovich et al., 2005. Today
Boana polytaenia (Cope, 1870).
pomba: (?) P. Pomba, river in the states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
from P. pomba, dove. Aparasphenodon pomba Assis et al., 2013. (“... The
specific name of the new species, a noun in apposition, refers to its discovery
in an Atlantic Rain Forest fragment near the Pomba River, Cataguases,
Minas Gerais ...”). Today Nyctimantis pomba (Assis et al., 2013).
pombali: Pombal + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring José Perez Pombal Jr., Brazilian herpetologist. (1)
Brachycephalus pombali Alves et al., 2006. (2) Bufo pombali Baldissera et
al., 2004. Also Chaunus pombali — Frost et al., 2006. Noted to be a hybrid
of Rhinella ornata x Rhinella crucifer. (3) Hyla pombali Caramaschi et
al., 2004. Also Hypsiboas pombali — Faivovich et al., 2005. Today Boana
pombali (Caramaschi et al., 2004). (4) Proceratophrys pombali Mângia et
al., 2014. (5) Scinax pombali Lourenço et al., 2013. Also Ololygon pombali
— Duellman et al., 2016.
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