Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
underwoodi: Underwood + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names
and nouns. Honouring Cecil Frank Underwood (1867-1943), British-Costarican
naturalist. Hyla underwoodi Boulenger, 1899. Also Hyla microcephala
underwoodi — Duellman & Fouquette, 1968. In the synonymy of
Dendropsophus microcephalus (Cope, 1886).
unicolor: L. unicolor, of one color. Stombus appendiculatus var. unicolor Miranda-Ribeiro,
1926. (“... a côr geral é o chocolate quasi negro uniforme, tanto
superior como inferiormente ...”). Also Stombus appendiculatus incolor
— Bokermann, 1966 (incorrect subsequent spelling). In the synonymy of
Proceratophrys appendiculata (Günther, 1873).
Unicus: L. unicus, only, sole, single, singular, unique; uncommon, unparalleled;
one of a kind. Unicus de Sá et al. 2019. (“... we replace the subgenus Relictus
with the name Unicus ...”). In the synonymy of Chiasmocleis Méhelÿ,
1904.
unistrigatus: L. uni-, one + L. striga, lengthwise furrow + L. -atus, suffix indicating
quality of. Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus holti Cochran, 1948. Today
Ischnocnema holti (Cochran, 1948) (see holti).
Uperodon: G. uperoa (ύπερώα), buccal palate + G. odons (οδονς), teeth. Uperodon
Duméril & Bibron, 1841 (part). (“... G. υπερωα, oris palatum, le palais,
et de οδονς, οδοντος, dens, dent ...”). In the synonymy of Ceratophrys
Wied-Neuwied, 1824.
uranoscopa: G. ouranos (ουρανός), heaven, sky + G. scopos (σκοπός), watcher.
Hyla (Hylella) uranoscopa Müller, 1924. (“... Die Augen stehen nicht
lateral, sondern sind schräg nach oben gerichtet ...”). Also Centrolenella
uranoscopa — Noble, 1926. Cochranella uranoscopa — Taylor & Cochran,
1953. Centrolenella uranoscopa — Duellman, 1977. Hyalinobatrachium
uranoscopum — Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991. Today Vitreorana uranoscopa
(Müller, 1924).
urbanae: Urban + L. -ae, suffix indicating the genitive of feminine names and
nouns. Honouring Helga Urban (?), Brazilian naturalist. Chiasmocleis
urbanae Bokermann, 1952. In the synonymy of Chiasmocleis leucosticta
(Boulenger, 1888).
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