Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

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Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1Rupirana: L. rupis, cliff; rock + L. rana, frog. Rupirana Heyer, 1999. (“... Thename is to highlight the association of this genus with the campos rupestresof Brazil ...”).ruschii: Ruschi + L. -ii, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names andnouns. Honouring Augusto (“Guti”) Ruschi (1915-1986), Brazilian naturalist.Hyla ruschii Weygoldt & Peixoto, 1987. Today Dendropsophus ruschii(Weygoldt & Peixoto, 1987).rusticus: L. rusticus, country, rural; plain, homely, rustic. Phyllomedusa rusticaBruschi et al., 2014. [“... The epithet rustica originates from the Latinrusticus and is used to indicate the characteristics of the fields where thisspecies is found (open fields) ...”]. Today Pithecopus rusticus (Bruschi etal., 2014).ruthveni: Ruthven + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names andnouns. Honouring Alexander Grant Ruthven (1882-1971), US Americanherpetologist. Allophryne ruthveni Gaige, 1926.sabanensis: E. sabana, herbaceous formation characteristic of tropical regionswhith a long dry season, where grasses and large rhizomatous plants predominate,with some sparse trees. + L. -ensis, belonging to a place. Leptodactylussabanensis Heyer, 1994. (“... Named to indicate this species isgeographically centered on the Gran Sabana of Venezuela ...”).sachsi: Sachs + L. -i, suffix that indicates the genitive of masculine names andnouns. Honouring Carl Sachs (?), German physicist. Pleurodema sachsiPeters, 1877. Also Paludicola sachsi — Stejneger, 1933. In the synonymy ofPleurodema brachyops (Cope, 1869).saci: P. saci, from T. sa’si, sassy perere, an entity of Brazilian folklore, representedby a one-legged black boy, who wears a red cap, smokes a pipe and livesplaying mischief, frightening visitors or scaring off cattle. Adenomera saciCarvalho & Giaretta, 2013. (“... is an allusion to the whistle call patternemitted by the species that we associate to this well-known character inBrazilian folklore ...”).246
Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1sagarana: P. sagarana, neologism coined by João Guimarães Rosa (1908-1967),Brazilian writer. Bokermannohyla sagarana Leite et al., 2011. (“... Sagaranais cited by its author as of the expressive strength of a neologism, asit is totally new, for any reader and not explained yet, virgin of sight andunderstanding ...”).salinicola: L. salinicola, from a salty place. Lepidobatrachus salinicola Reig &Cei, 1963. (“... Charcos y esteros temporarios mixohalinos del área de transiciónMonte-Chaco de las Salinas grandes de Santiago del Estero ...”). Inthe synonymy of Lepidobatrachus asper Budgett, 1899.salli: Sall + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns. HonouringJohn Sall, US American businessman. Dendropsophus salli Jungferet al., 2010.salseri: Salser + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.Honouring Jay K. Salser Jr., US American ethnographer. Synapturanussalseri Pyburn, 1975.saltica: L. saltus, leap, spring, jump + L. -ica, pertaining/belonging to; connectedwith. Paludicola saltica Cope, 1887. (“... Characterized by the great lengthof its posterior legs. It has the form of the North American Acris, and isprobably like it, a great jumper ...”). Today Pseudopaludicola saltica (Cope,1887).salvatori: Salvador + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names andnouns. Honouring Salvador Monteiro, Brazilian editor. Odontophrynussalvatori Caramaschi, 1996. Today Proceratophrys salvatori (Caramaschi,1996).sambaqui: P. - T. sambaqui, name given to layers constituted by deposits of shells,oyster shells, and other cooking remains of prehistoric Brazilian cultures,and found along the coast or in rivers and lakes close to them. Eleutherodactylussambaqui Castanho & Haddad, 2000. (“... The sambaquis wereused as a substrate to construct huts and as burial grounds and can befound near the type locality of the new species ...”). Today Ischnocnemasambaqui (Castanho & Haddad, 2000).247
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