Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
tinae: Tina + L. -ae, suffix indicating the genitive of feminine names and nouns.
Honouring Albertina (“Tina”) Pimentel Lima, Brazilian herpetologist. Allobates
tinae Melo-Sampaio et al., 2018.
tinctorius: L. tinctus, wet/moisten/dip/soak; color/dye/tinge/tint, stain (w/
blood) + L. -orium, place where, place for. Rana tinctoria Cuvier, 1797 “An.
VI”. (“... Elle se trouve en Amérique, & est remarquable par l’usage que les
sauvages font de son sang pour tapirer les perroquets; c’est-à-dire pour
leur panacher le plumage. Pour cela ils leur arrachent quelques plumes, &
imprègnent la plaie du sang de cette raine. Il revient à la place des plumes
rouges ou jaunes ...”). Also Calamita tinctorius Schneider, 1799. Hyla tinctoria
— Daudin, 1800. Hylaplesia tinctoria —Boie in Schlegel, 1826. Dendrobates
tinctorum — Silverstone, 1975 (typographic error). Today Dendrobates
tinctorius (Cuvier, 1797).
tintinnabulum: L. tintinnabulum, bell; cow bell; small bell. Hyla tintinnabulum
Melin, 1941. (“... This species, which occurred in great numbers at a little
igarapé (river-branch) on the western side of the river ... had a brittle, belllike
sound ...”). Today Dendropsophus tintinnabulum (Melin, 1941).
toby: T. toby, greenish. Brachycephalus toby Haddad et al., 2010. (“... Toby ... is a
Tupi Guarani indigenous word that means ‘‘greenish,’’ and is used here in
allusion to the greenish color of the dorsum of B. toby ...”).
tocantins: P. Tocantins, state, river, and basin in Brazil, from T. tocantins, toucan
beak (in turn, T. tukana, toucan + T. tim, beack). Pseudis tocantins
Caramaschi & Cruz, 1998. (“... O epíteto específico, um nome em aposição,
refere-se ao Estado e bacia do Tocantins, onde a espécie foi coletada ...”).
toftae: Toft + L. -ae, suffix indicating the genitive of feminine names and nouns.
Honouring Catherine A. Toft, North American herpetologist. Eleutherodactylus
toftae Duellman, 1978. Today Pristimantis toftae (Duellman,
1978).
Tomodactylus: G. tomos (τομός), with the capacity to cut, cutting, sharp + G.
dactylos (δάκτυλος), finger, toe. Tomodactylus Günther, 1900. (“... These
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