Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
inward, concave) in reference to the posterior edge of skull bones, which
are arched inward ...”]. Also Gastrotheca (Eotheca) recava — Duellman,
2015. Today Eotheca recava (Teixeira et al., 2012).
redacta: L. redactus, drive back; reduce; render. Proceratophrys redacta Teixeira et
al., 2012. (“... The name of the new species is derived from the Latin adjective
redactus that means reduced, in allusion to the small size of the new species ...”).
regius: L. regius, royal, of a king, regal. Hylodes regius Gouvêa, 1979. (“... Forma
de tamanho médio, ... apresentando no dorso linha lateral e pontos amarelo-ouro,
e com o dorso dos tarsos e a face ventral das pernas de cor vermelho-púrpura
...”).
reichlei: Reichle + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Steffen Reichle, German herpetologist active in Bolivia.
Pristimantis reichlei Padial & de La Riva, 2009.
reigi: Reig + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Osvaldo Alfredo Reig (1929-1992), Argentinian biologist.
Odontophrynus reigi Rosset et al., 2021.
reinhardti: Reinhardt + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names
and nouns. Honouring Johann Theodor Reinhardt (1816-1882), Danish
zoologist. Mimosiphonops reinhardti Wilkinson & Nussbaum, 1992.
relicta: L. relicta, forsaken, abandoned, derelict; left untouched. Allophryne relicta
Caramaschi et al., 2013. [“... The specific epithet, a Latin adjective. (“relicta”),
meaning abandoned, forsaken, is an allusion to the occurrence of
the new species associated to the “Hileia Bahiana,” a portion of the Atlantic
Rain Forest that holds many biological components similar to, or directly
related to, ones found in the Amazon; a relic of a past connection between
these two biomes ...”].
Relictivomer: L. relictus, forsaken, abandoned, derelict; left untouched + L. vomer,
a palatal bone. Relictivomer Carvalho, 1954. [“... Relictivomet is Latin
(left behind and vomer), describing the condition of the posterior part of
the prevomer ...”]. In the synonymy of Elachistocleis Parker, 1927.
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