Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
uruguayus: Uruguay, South American country + L. -us, pertaining to. Hyla uruguaya
Schmidt, 1944. (“... Quebrada de los Cuervos, Departament of Treinta
y Tres, Uruguay ...”). Also Julianus uruguayus — Duellman et al.,
2016. Today Scinax uruguayus (Schmidt, 1944).
vaillanti, vaillantii: Vaillant + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine
names and nouns. Honouring Léon Louis Vaillant (1834-1914), French
zoologist. (1) Phyllomedusa vaillantii Boulenger, 1882. Also Pithecopus
vaillanti — B. Lutz, 1966. (2) Phrynoceros vaillanti Tschudi, 1838. In the
synonymy of Ceratophrys cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758).
valae: Val + L. -ae, suffix indicating the genitive of feminine names and nouns.
Honouring Francisca (“Chica”) Carolina do Val, Brazilian entomologist.
Cycloramphus valae Heyer, 1983.
validus: L. validus, strong, powerful. Leptodactylus validus Garman, 1888. (“...
Male with an internal subgular vocal sac, and two strong conical tubercles
on the inside of the first digit ...”).
vanzolinii, vanzolinius: Vanzolini + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine
names and nouns or + L. -ius, suffix commemorative/dedicative.
Honouring Paulo Emílio Vanzolini (1924-2013), Brazilian herpetologist.
(1) Cochranella vanzolinii Taylor & Cochran, 1953. Also Centrolenella
vanzolinii — Duellman, 1977. In the synonymy of Vitreorana uranoscopa
(Müller, 1924). (2) Colostethus vanzolinius Morales, 2002. Today Allobates
vanzolinius (Morales, 2002). (3) Dendrobates vanzolinii Myers,
1982. Today Ranitomeya vanzolinii (Myers, 1982). (4) Hylodes vanzolinii
Heyer, 1982. (5) Phrynomedusa vanzolinii Cruz, 1991. (6) Vanzolinius
Heyer, 1974. In the synonymy of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826.
variabilis: L. variabilis, variable, changeable. (1) Eleutherodactylus variabilis
Lynch, 1968. (“... in reference to the variety of color patterns and colors
in life ...”). Today Pristimantis variabilis (Lynch, 1968). (2) Dendrobates
variabilis Zimmermann & Zimmermann, 1988. (“... deutet auf die große
Variabilität in Form, Größe und Anzahl der Flecken hin ...”). Today Ranitomeya
variabilis (Zimmermann & Zimmermann, 1988).
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