Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
proboscidea, proboscideus: L. proboscis, trunk, proboscis, snout + L. -idea,
-ideus, suffix indicating that are or have the form of. (1) Phryniscus proboscideus
Boulenger, 1882. (“... snout much produced beyond the lip, truncate
...”). Also Atelopus proboscideus — Boulenger, 1894. Dendrophryniscus
proboscideus — McDiarmid, 1971. Rhamphophryne proboscidea — Izecksohn,
1976. Rhinella proboscidea — Chaparro et al., 2007. Today Dendrophryniscus
proboscideus (Boulenger, 1882). (2) Bufo (Oxyrhynchus)
proboscideus Spix, 1824. (“... rostro proboscideo, longe prominente ...”).
Also Oxyrhynchus proboscideus — Fitzinger, 1826. Rhinella proboscidea
— Fitzinger, 1826. Bufo (Rhinella) proboscideus — Cuvier, 1829. Eurhina
proboscideus — Fitzinger, 1843. Oxyrhynchus proboscideus — Jiménez de
la Espada, 1875. Bufo proboscideus — Hoogmoed, 1986. Today Rhinella
proboscidea (Spix, 1824). (3) Hyla proboscidea Brongersma, 1933. (“... In
der herpetologischen Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums in Amsterdam
fand ich eine Laubfroschart der Gattung Hyla, welche sich als neu erwies.
Von allen mir aus der Literatur bekannt gewordenen neotropischen
Hyla-Arten unterscheidet sie sich durch die rüsselartige Verlängerung des
Vorderkopfes ... Wegen dieses merkwürdigen Merkmals nenne ich die neue
Art: Hyla proboscidea nov. spec. ...”). Also Ololygon proboscidea — Fouquette
& Delahoussaye, 1977. Scinax proboscidea — Duellman & Wiens,
1992. Today Scinax proboscideus (Brongersma, 1933).
Proceratophrys: L. pro-, like + L. Ceratophrys, genus of anurans due to
Wied-Neuwied (1824) (see). Proceratophrys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920. (“...
caracterizada pela dilatação ossea post-tympanica e pela palpebra espiculada,
sem apendice ceratoide unico ...”).
prognathus: G. pro- (προ-), in front of, ahead of + G. gnathos (γνάθος), jaw. Leptodactylus
prognathus Boulenger, 1888. (“... Snout depressed, acuminate,
very prominent ...”). In the synonymy of Leptodactylus latinasus Jiménez
de la Espada, 1875.
Prostherapis: G. prósthesi (πρόσθεση), addition; an artificial replacement for a
body part, either internal or external + G. rapis (ῥαπίς, spelling variation
for κρηπίς), a kind of shoe; man's high boot. Prostherapis Cope, 1868. (“...
dilatations strong, each with two dermal scales on the upper side, separat-
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