Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians
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Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
ty, “... Shudikar-wau, upper Essequibo River, British Guiana (not far from
Brazilian border) ...”]. Also Chiasmocleis (Chiasmocleis) shudikarensis —
de Sá et al., 2018 “2019”.
shushupe: Sh. shushupe, vernacular name of Lachesis muta (Squamata: Viperidae).
Tepuihyla shushupe Ron et al., 2016. (“... Our field assistants in Ere
river, Alpahuayo Mishana (Peru) and Juyuintza (Ecuador) believed that
the advertisement calls of T. shushupe and T. tuberculosa were produced
by L. muta ...”).
sibilatrix: L. sibilatrix, whistler. (1) Rana sibilatrix Wied-Neuwied, 1824. (“...
Der pfeifende Frosch …”). Also Leptodactylus sibilatrix — Fitzinger, 1826.
Cystignathus sibilatrix — Wagler, 1830. Leptodactylus sibilator — Müller,
1927 (incorrect subsequent spelling). Leptodactylus sybilatrix — Cei,
1950. Leptodactylus sybilator — Cei, 1956 (incorrect subsequent spelling).
In the synonymy of Leptodactylus fuscus (Schneider, 1799). (2) Sibilatrix
Fitzinger, 1843. (?). In the synonymy of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826.
sibilata, sibilatus: L. sibilatus, hiss; hiss at. Hyla sibilata Cruz et al., 2003. (“... O
nome específico deriva do Latim sibilus, que significa assovio, em alusão ao
canto característico da espécie ...”). Today Aplastodiscus sibilatus (Cruz et
al., 2003).
Sierrana: L. apocope of Sierra [madrensis] + L. rana, frog. Sierrana Dubois,
1992. [“... du nom spécifique sierramadrensis Taylor, 1939 (du nom espagnol
de la région où cette espèce a été découverte, la Sierra Madre del Sur),
et du nom de genre Rana Linné, 1758 (du latin rana, grenouille ...”]. In the
synonymy of Lithobates Fitzinger, 1843.
signifer, signifera, signiferus: L. signifer, bearer of the mark, stamp or seal.
Rhinoderma signifera Girard, 1853. (“... A spear-shaped blotch on the
head. A broad dorsal, deep brown band, forked anteriorly to receive the
point of the cephalic spear-shaped blotch ...”). Also Paludicola signifera
— Boulenger, 1891. Paludicola signifer — Baumann, 1912. Physalaemus
signiferus — Cochran, 1955 “1954”. Eupemphix signifer — Dubois et al.,
2021. Today Physalaemus signifer (Girard, 1853).
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