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Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

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Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1

L. -cola, suffix that indicates that it is an inhabitant of). Pseudopaludicola

Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926. (“... A pelle da região sacral às vezes oferece espessamento

e pygmentação desenhando as glandulas das Paludicolas ...”).

pseudopseudis: G. pseudo (ψευδο), false, untrue, mistaken + L. Pseudis, frog

genus due to Wagler, 1830 (see). Hyla pseudopseudis Miranda-Ribeiro,

1937. (“... Côr da face superior olivacea maculada de denegrido como em

Pseudis mantidactyla ... O aspecto exterior deste animal lembrou-me o

nome sob o qual fiz esta descripção ...”). Also Hyla pseudopseudis pseudopseudis

— B. Lutz, 1973. Today Bokermannohyla pseudopseudis (Miranda-Ribeiro,

1937).

Pseudosiphonops: G. pseudo (ψευδο), false, untrue, mistaken + L. Siphonops,

genus of gymnophiones due to Wagler, 1828 (see). Pseudosiphonops Taylor,

1968. (“... The type of the genus bears a superficial resemblance to Siphonops

annulatus and S. paulensis and to certain forms of African Geotrypetes

...”). In the synonymy of Mimosiphonops Taylor, 1968.

Pseudotyphlonectes: G. pseudo (ψευδο), false, untrue, mistaken + L. Typhlonectes,

genus of gymnophiona due to Peters (1880) (see). Pseudotyphlonectes

Lescure et al., 1986. (?). In the synonymy of Typhlonectes Peters, 1880.

Psyllophryne: G. psylla (ψόλλα), flea + G. phrynos (φρύνος), toad. Psyllophryne

Izecksohn, 1971. (“... O nome genérico, que significa “sapo pulga”, faz

referência ao diminuto tamanho da especie típica ...”). In the synonymy of

Brachycephalus Fitzinger, 1826.

ptychodermis: G. ptychos (πτύχως), fold + G. dermos (δερμος), skin. Pseudosiphonops

ptychodermis Taylor, 1968. (“... The two nuchal collars are distinct

...”). In the synonymy of Mimosiphonops vermiculatus Taylor, 1968.

pulchella: L. pulchella, pretty. Hyla pulchella Duméril & Bibron, 1841. (“... La

rainette gentille ...”). Also Hyla pulchella pulchella — Barrio, 1965. Hypsiboas

pulchellus — Faivovich et al., 2005. Today Boana pulchella (Duméril

& Bibron, 1841).

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