Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
rubescens: L. rubescere, turn red, redden, become red. Bufo rubescens A. Lutz,
1925. (“... Ce qui caractérise surtout l’espèce, c’est d’abord la couleur rouge
brique des crêtes céphaliques & des membres pouvant envahir le ventre,
simulant des taches d’érythème & les parotides formant un bourrelet étroit
& long ...”). Also Bufo rufescens — Brazil & Vellard, 1926 (incorrect subsequent
spelling). Chaunus rubescens — Frost et al., 2006. Today Rhinella
rubescens (A. Lutz, 1925).
rubicundulus: L. rubicundulus, somewhat red. Hyla rubicundula Reinhardt &
Lütken, 1862 “1861”. (“... Rygsiden af Kroppen samt Hovedet har en smuk
rosenrod Farve ...”). Today Dendropsophus rubicundulus (Reinhardt &
Lütken, 1862).
rubido: L. rubido, tending to be red. Gnathophysa rubido Cope, 1874. (“... Color,
above reddish to brown, in one specimen bright-red ...”). Also Pleurodema
(Gnathophysa) rubida — Knauer, 1878. Leptodactylus rubido — Boulenger,
1882. Leptodactylus rubidus — Boulenger, 1884 “1883”. In the synonymy
of Leptodactylus rhodonotus (Günther, 1869).
rubidoides: L. rubidoides, similar to [Leptodactylus] rubido (in turn, from L.
rubido, becoming red; in the synonymy of L. rhodonotus). Leptodactylus
pentadactylus rubidoides Andersson, 1945. (“... I have called it forma rubidoides,
as connecting the two species pentadactylus and rubido ...”). In
the synonymy of Leptodactylus pentadactylus (Laurenti, 1768).
rubro-lineata: L. rubrum, red, ruddy, painted red + L. lineata, lined. Hyla punctata
rubro-lineata B. Lutz, 1951. (“... linhas dorsolaterais e manchas côr
de carmim ...”). Also Hyla punctata rubrolineata — Cei, 1980. Hypsiboas
punctatus rubrolineatus — Brusquetti & Lavilla, 2006. In the synonymy of
Boana punctata (Schneider, 1799).
ruedai: Rueda + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring José Vicente Rueda Almonacid, Colombian herpetologist. Hyalinobatrachium
ruedai Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1998. In the synonymy of
Hyalinobatrachium munozorum (Lynch & Duellman, 1973).
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