Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
m’a été donné par M. de Bèze, qui l’a trouvé à Surinam ...”). Also Engystoma
surinamense — Dubois et al., 2021. Today Elachistocleis surinamensis
(Daudin, 1802). (2) Pipa surinamensis Duvernoy in Cuvier, 1849. (“... Le
Pipa de Surinam ...”). In the synonymy of Pipa pipa (Linnaeus, 1758).
surumu: (?). [Vila] Surumu (04º12’N, 60º48’W; 121 m altitude), Municipality of
Pacaraima, state of Roraima, Brazil. Elachistocleis surumu Caramaschi,
2010. (“... an allusion to the type locality, a small village currently included
in the Reserva Indígena Raposa Serra do Sol, in the State of Roraima,
northern Brazil ...”). Also Engystoma surumu — Dubois et al., 2021.
suturata: L. suturata, seamed, stitched. Hyla suturata Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926.
(“... pernas lineadas em zig-zag. Essas linhas brancas são salientes como
se fossem costuras feitas na pelle, á linha branca ...”). In the synonymy of
Dendropsophus minutus (Peters, 1872).
Synapturanus: G. synaptos (συναπτός), fastened together, tied, knotted + G. ouranos
(ούράνος), celestial vault; by ext., mouth palate. Synapturanus Carvalho,
1954. [“... Synapturanus is from the Greek συναπτός and ούράνος
(joined together and roof of mouth), and has reference to the fusion of the
palatal elements ...].
Syncope: G. syncope (συγκοπή), cutting short, elision, abbreviation, faint, swoon.
Syncope Walker, 1973. (“... In the present context it alludes to the loss of
one presacral element from the vertebral column ...”). In the synonymy of
Chiasmocleis Méhely, 1904.
syphax: Uncertain. L. Syphax, from G. Syphax (Σύφαξ), proper name of a Numidian
king during the Punic wars. Additionally, “Greek syphax (sweet
new wine), in allusion to the bright red color in life of the groin, belly, and
ventral surfaces of the thighs and shanks occurring in some, but not all,
specimens” (De Sá et al., 2014). Leptodactylus syphax Bokermann, 1969.
No clues in the original description, although Bokermann named several
species based on classical or mythological characters (e.g., Ariadna, Astarte,
Atlas, Eurydice).
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