Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
quelchii: Quelch + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring John Joseph Quelch (1854-?), British zoologist. Oreophryne
Quelchii Boulenger, 1895. Today Oreophrynella quelchii (Boulenger,
1895).
quilombola: P. quilombola, from P. quilombo, secret place where escaped slaves
stayed or went, usually hidden in the woods; from Ki. kilombo, war camp.
Chiasmocleis quilombola Tonini et al., 2014 (“... The specific epithet quilombola
refers to people who inhabit quilombo communities. Historically,
quilombos were communities constituted by and used as refuges for
escaped slaves between 1530 and 1815 during colonial Portuguese rule in
Brazil. Nowadays in the north of Espírito Santo State quilombola communities
still remain and maintain alive their traditions, such as quilombola
food and craftwork ...”). Also Chiasmocleis (Chiasmocleis) quilombola —
de Sá et al., 2018 “2019”.
quinquevittatus: L. quinque, five + L. vittata, wearing or carrying a ritual vitta. Dendrobates
tinctorius var. quinquevittatus Steindachner, 1864. (“... Der Oberleib
ist schwarz und mit fünf schmalen gelblichweissen Längsstreifen, die in
gleicher Entfernung von einander stehen, geziert ...”). Also Dendrobates quinquevittatus
Jan, 1857 (nomen nudum). Ranitomeya quinquevittata — [Bauer,
1985]. Today Adelphobates quinquevittatus (Steindachner, 1864).
Quinzhyla: F. quinze, fifteen + L. Hyla (see), a name that is traditionally associated
with tree frogs. Quinzhyla Bauer, 2005 [replacement name for Lophopus
Tschudi, 1838, preoccupied by Lophopus Dumortier, 1835 (Polyzoa)].
[“... The name is referring to the haploid chromosome number in latin languages
(quinze, quince, quindecem) contaminated with Hyla ...”]. In the
synonymy of Dendropsophus Fitzinger, 1843.
quiririensis: P. [Serra do] Quiriri [(26°01′17″S, 48°59′47″W, at 1,263 m a. s. l.),
municipality of Campo Alegre, state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil]; in
turn, from T. quiriri, silence, peace + L. -ensis, belonging to a place. Brachycephalus
quiririensis Pie & Ribeiro, 2015. [“... The epithet “quiririensis” is
derived from the Tupi-Guarani language word “quiriri” (= silence, peace)
and refers to type locality ...”].
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