Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
Hypsiboas punctatus punctatus — Brusquetti & Lavilla, 2006. Today Boana
punctata (Schneider, 1799). (2) Hyla punctata Wied-Neuwied, 1824.
(?). In the synonymy of Boana albomarginata (Spix, 1824). (3) Phyllodytes
punctatus Caramaschi & Peixoto, 2004. (“... dorsum of body pale
brown with distinctive brown dots and smaller brown dots on dorsal surfaces
of hindlimbs, dorsal surfaces of body ...”).
punctatissima: L. punctatissima, greatly punctuated. (1) Hyla geographica
punctatissima — Parker, 1935. (?). In the synonymy of Boana geographica
(Spix, 1824). (2) Hyla punctatissima appendiculata — Parker, 1933. In the
sinonymy of Boana appendiculata (Boulenger, 1882). (3) Hylella punctatissima
Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862 “1861”. (“... Paa Hyggen af Kroppen og
Lemmerne er den graa Grundfarve meget tæt besaaet med sorte Punkter,
hvorved disse Partier faae et mörkere Anstrøg; paa Lemmerne er der svage
Spor til lignende Punkter ...”). Also Hyla punctatissima — Peters, 1872. In
the synonymy of Boana lundii (Burmeister, 1856).
punctillata: L. punctillata, having points; dots/spots. Cophomantis punctillata
Peters, 1870. (“... Blaugrau mit dichtstehenden dunkeln Pünktchen, welche
weitläufiger stehen auf einem schmalen Streifen der Oberschenkel, auf der
Außenseite des Vorderarms, des Unterschenkels und Fußes ...”). Also Hyla
(Hylella) punctillata — Peters, 1873 “1872”. Hyla punctillata — Boulenger,
1882. In the synonymy of Boana semilineata (Spix, 1824).
puri: Pu. puri, daring, audacious. Brachycephalus puri Almeida-Silva et al., 2021.
(“... The specific name honors the indigenous people from the Puri tribe,
who lived from the 16th to 19th centuries in the territory encompassing the
river basin of Paraíba do Sul and the boundaries between the Rio Grande
and Rio Doce river basins ...”).
pusilla, pusillus: L. pusilla, -us, tiny, very small. (1) Eleutherodactylus pusillus
Bokermann, 1967. [“...Una especie de Eleutherodactylus de tamaño
pequeño (16 mm), presentando cierta semejanza con parvus...”]. Today
Ischnocnema pusilla (Bokermann, 1967). (2) Scinax pusillus Pombal et al.,
2011. (“... refers to the small body sizes of frogs in the new species ...”). In
the synonymy of Scinax fuscomarginatus (A. Lutz, 1925).
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