Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
1920. Ceratophrys appendiculata — Nieden, 1923. Stombus appendiculatus
appendiculatus — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926. Today Proceratophrys appendiculata
(Günther, 1873).
apuana: T. apuana, to walk very fast (stepping high), running. Megaelosia apuana
Pombal et al., 2003. (“... ‘Apuana’ is a Tupi indigenous word, here used
as a noun in apposition, meaning agile ...”). Also Hylodes apuanus — Dubois
et al., 2021. Today Phantasmarana apuana (Pombal et al., 2003).
Aquarana: L. aqua, water + L. Rana, genus of anurans due to Linnaeus (1758),
in turn from L. rana, frog, derived from the onomatopoeia rā. (“... ce nom
évoque le mode de vie très aquatique de ces Grenouilles ...”). Aquarana
Dubois, 1992.
araguaius: T. Araguaia, large river in Central Brazil; [Municipality of Pontal do]
Araguaia, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil; in turn, from T. ará-guaya, the
tame parrots + L. -ius, pertaining to. Pithecopus araguaius Haga et al.,
2017. (“... a reference to the Araguaia River, which cross the type-locality
of the new species ...”).
araguaya: T. Araguaia, large river in Central Brazil; [Municipality of Pontal do]
Araguaia, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil; in turn, from T. ará-guaya, the
tame parrots. Hyla araguaya Napoli & Caramaschi, 1998. (“... O nome específico
... refere-se à área de ocorrência da espécie, às margens do rio Araguaia
...”). Today Dendropsophus araguaya (Napoli & Caramaschi, 1998).
araguari: P. [River] Araguari, Municipality of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(in turn from T. aráguá-r-y, the water or river of the parrots’ lowland).
Phyllomedusa araguari Giaretta et al., 2007. [“... The specific epithet
“araguari” is an indigenous Tupi word for the white-eyed parakeet (Aratinga
leucophthalmus), it is also the name of the dammed river bordering
the type locality of the new species and the name of a municipality at its
margins ...]. In the synonymy of Pithecopus oreades (Brandão, 2002).
aramunha: T. aramunha, giant. Strabomantis aramunha Cassimiro et al., 2008.
(“... in allusion to the large size of the species ...”). Today Haddadus aramunha
(Cassimiro et al., 2008).
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