Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
Hyla sarayacuensis — Goin, 1957. Today Dendropsophus sarayacuensis
(Shreve, 1935).
sateremawe: T. Sataré-Mawé [from T, sateré, caterpillar of fire (lagarta de fogo)
+ T mawé, talking parrot (papagaio falante)], native Brazilian group inhabiting
the Rio Madeira-Rio Tapajós interfluvial area. Scinax sateremawe
Sturaro & Peloso, 2014. (“... where both localities from where the species is
known are situated ...”).
sauvagii: Sauvage + L. -ii, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Henri-Emile Sauvage (1842-1917), French paleontologist
and zoologist. Phyllomedusa sauvagii Boulenger, 1882. Also Phyllomedusa
sauvagii sauvagii — Cei, 1956. Phyllomedusa sauvagii rickettsii
— Cei, 1956. Phyllomedusa sauvagei — Funkhouser, 1957 (incorrect subsequent
spelling). Pithecopus sauvagii — B. Lutz, 1966.
savagei: Savage + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Jay Mathers Savage, US American herpetologist. Barycholos
savagei Lynch, 1980. In the synonymy of Barycholos ternetzi (Miranda-Ribeiro,
1937).
sawayae: Sawaya + L. -ae, suffix indicating belonging. Honouring Paulo Sawaya
(1903-1995), Brazilian physician, zoologist, and teacher. Zachaenus
sawayae Cochran, 1953. Today Scythrophrys sawayae (Cochran, 1953).
saxatilis: L. saxatilis, found among rocks. Thoropa saxatilis Cocroft & Heyer, 1988.
(“... along roadcuts where a thin film of water trickled over steeply inclined
or vertical rock faces; larvae were collected from the same habitat ...”).
saxicola: L. saxicola, rock dweller. Hyla saxicola Bokermann, 1964. (“... En los
ejemplares vivos el colorido era bien más claro durante la noche que durante
el día, mimetizándose con las piedras donde cantan ...”). Hyla pseudopseudis
saxicola — B. Lutz, 1973. Hyla saxicola — Pombal & Caramaschi,
1995. Today Bokermannohyla saxicola (Bokermann, 1964).
sazimai: Sazima + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Ivan Petr Sazima, Brazilian ichthyologist and herpetol-
249