Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
Syrrhophus: G. syrroí (συρροή), flowing together, confluent + G. lophia (λοφίἆ),
crest, headdress. Syrrhophus Cope, 1878. (?). Also Syrrhopus — Boulenger,
1888 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Syrrhophus). Syrrhaphus —
Günther, 1900 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Syrrhophus). In the synonymy
of Eleutherodactylus Duméril & Bibron, 1841.
tamacuarensis, tamacuarina: S. Tamacuari, mountain in Sierra Tapirapecó,
Amazonas, on the border of Venezuela and Brazil [from T. tamakwa’re
(tamaquari), trees of the genus Caraipa (Calophyllaceae)] +L. -ensis, belonging
to a place, or L. -ina, suffix diminutive. (1) Colostethus tamacuarensis
Myers & Donelly, 1997. [“... Derived from Tamacuari + the adjectival-forming
suffix -ensis (belonging to a place) ...”]. Today Anomaloglossus
tamacuarensis (Myers & Donelly, 1997). (2) Stefania tamacuarina Myers
& Donnelly, 1997. (“... ridge N Pico Tamacuari, 1270 m elevation, Sierra
Tapirapecó, Amazonas, Venezuela ...”).
taophora: G. tau (Τ, τ), nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet + G. phoreus
(φορέως), bearer, carrier. Ololigon abbreviatus taophora Miranda-Ribeiro,
1923. (“... A coloração do dorso se condensa de módo á constituir
um T, cuja travéssa repousa sobre os olhos e cuja haste, geralmente se interrompe
em manchas quadradas, regulares que se projectam da nuca ao
coccyx ...”). Also Thoropa taophora — Feio et al., 2006. Today Thoropa
taophora (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923).
tapacurensis: P. [Estação Ecológica do] Tapacurá [Municipality of São Lourenço
da Mata, state of Pernambuco, Brazil (8˚2’26.13”S, 35˚12’0.43”W; 122 m
a. s. l.)], from T. itapacurá, i = river; ita = rock; pa = spaciousness; cura =
cover; meaning rock that covers the river or capped rock river + L. -ensis,
belonging to a place. Etymology by the authors. Dendropsophus tapacurensis
Oliveira et al., 2021. (“... The specific epithet “tapacurensis” is ... a direct
reference to new species type locality, the Tapacurá Ecological Station ...”).
tapajonica, tapajos: P. Tapajós, one of the largest clearwater rivers and the main
tributary of the right bank of the Amazon River; from T. tapayos, which
comes from the villages + L. -ica, -icus, pertaining to. (1) Adenomera tapajonica
Carvalho et al., 2021. (“... The epithet is derived from the Tapajós
River. The distribution range of A. tapajonica comprises a swathe of land
entailing the west bank of the middle-lower Tapajós River, limited to the
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