Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

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Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1quixensis: (?) Quijos [Quixos], locality in Napo Province, Ecuador + L. -ensis,belonging to a place. Oreobates quixensis Jiménez de la Espada, 1872.[“… H(abita) la provincia de Quijos en el Ecuador ...”]. Also Borborocoetesquixensis — Boulenger, 1882. Eupsophus quixensis — Peters, 1955.Ischnocnema quixensis — Lynch & Schwartz, 1971.quoyi: Quoy + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.Honouring Jean René Constant Quoy (1790-1869), French zoologist. Hylaquoyi Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828 (nomen oblitum – see Caramaschi &Niemeyer, 2010). In the synonymy of Boana prasina (Burmeister, 1856).raddiana: Raddi + L. -ana, of or pertaining to. Honouring Giuseppe Raddi (1770-1829), Italian naturalist. Hyla raddiana Fitzinger, 1826 (replacementname for Hyla lateralis Raddi, 1823). In the synonymy of Boana albomarginata(Spix, 1824).ramagii: Ramage + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names andnouns. Honouring George Albert Ramage (1858-1937), British zoologist.Hylodes ramagii Boulenger, 1888. Also Eleutherodactylus ramagii — Stejneger,1904. Ischnocnema ramagii — Heinicke et al., 2007. Today Pristimantisramagii (Boulenger, 1888).randorum: Rand + L. -orum, genitive plural of the second declension. HonouringPatricia (?) and Austin Stanley Rand (1932-2005), US American herpetologists.Eleutherodactylus randorum Heyer, 1985. Today Ischnocnemarandorum (Heyer, 1985).raniceps: L. rana, frog + L. -ceps, headed. Hypsiboas raniceps Cope, 1862. (?).Today Boana raniceps (Cope, 1862).Ranidae: L. Rana, genus of anurans due to Linnaeus (1758), in turn, from L. rana,frog + L. -idae, suffix that indicates the category of family in the zoologicalclassification (Art. 29, ICZN). Ranidae Batsch, 1796.raniformis: L. raniformis, frog-shaped. Leptodactylus raniformis Werner, 1899.(“... Aehnlich der gewöhnlichen Rana virescens Kalm ...”). In the synonymyof Leptodactylus fuscus (Schneider, 1799).234
Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1ranina, raninus: L. ranina, -us, frog-like. (1) Paludicola ranina Cope, 1885“1884”. (?). In the synonymy of Physalaemus gracilis (Boulenger, 1883).(2) Proteus raninus Laurenti, 1768. (?). In the synonymy of Pseudis paradoxa(Linnaeus, 1758).Ranitomeya: S. ranita, small frog (divided in ranitas a prefix and -a, as suffix)+ Tomey; honouring Wil Tomey, Dutch hobbist. (“... His uncertaintywhether to say ranitas rojos, ranitos rojos, ranitos rojas induced me a finename for this new genus to be described. The Spanish word ranita combinedwith his name makes Rani-Tomey-a: Ranitomeya ...”). RanitomeyaBauer, 1985.ranki: Rank + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.Honouring Abilio Rank (?), Brazilian naturalist. Hyla ranki Andrade &Cardoso, 1987. Also Ololygon ranki — Duellman et al., 2016. Today Scinaxranki (Andrade & Cardoso, 1987).ranoides: L. rana, frog + L. -oides, like, resembling, having the form of. Hylaranoides Spix, 1824. (“... digitis ranaeformibus, elongatis, non palmatis...”). Hylodes ranoides — Fitzinger, 1826. Enydrobius ranoides — Wagler,1830. Hylodes ranoides — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923. In the synonymy of Hylodesnasus (Lichtenstein, 1823).Ranula: L. rana, frog + L. -ula, suffix diminutive. Ranula Peters, 1859. (“... InGestalt, Bau der Gliedmafsen, der Schwimmhäute, des Ohrs, der Zunge,des Brustbeins und der Sacralwirbel ganz mit Rana übereinstimmend,aber verschieden durch den Zahnbau ...”). In the synonymy of LithobatesFitzinger, 1843.ravida: L. rauidus, grey, yellowish grey. Hyla ravida Caramaschi et al., 2001. (“...O nome da espécie, um adjetivo, deriva do Latim “ravidus” (acinzentado,escurecido) e faz alusão à coloração dorsal acinzentada do animal em vida...”). Also Boana ravida — Wiens et al., 2005. Today Bokermannohylaravida (Caramaschi et al., 2001).recava: L. re-, back- + L. cavus, concave. Gastrotheca recava Teixeira et al., 2012.[“... The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word recavus (= arched235
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