Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
verrucosa, verrucosus: L. verrucosa, warty; rugged. (1) Brachycephalus verrucosus
Ribeiro et al., 2015. (“... numerous small glandular warts on head and
arms ...”). (2) Leiuperus verrucosus Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862 “1861”. (“...
Overalt paa Rygsiden af Hoved, Krop og Lemmer er Huden ru af toppede
Vorter, og hele Undersiden er kornetr ...”). Also Paludicola verrucosa —
Boulenger, 1882. Pleurodema verrucosa — Parker, 1927. Eupsophus verrucosus
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937. Eleutherodactylus verrucosus — Bokermann,
1966. Today Ischnocnema verrucosa (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862).
versus: L. versus, turn around; change, alter. Eupsophus versus Gorham, 1966.
Replacement name for Eupsophus verrucosus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937,
thought to be preoccupied. (?). In the synonymy of Ischnocnema verrucosa
(Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862).
vertebralis: L. vertebralis, pertaining to vertebrae. Brachycephalus vertebralis
Pombal, 2001. (“... The specific name is an allusion to the characteristic
dermal ossification dorsal to the vertebrae ...”).
vesicaria: L. vesicaria, like a bladder or balloon. Rana vesicaria Fermin, 1765.
(“... Cette Grenouille a à chaque côté de la mâchoire inférieure, une Vessie,
qui dans les grandes chaleurs sont remplies d’air ...”). In the synonymy of
Trachycephalus typhonius (Linnaeus, 1758).
vielliardi: Vielliard + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Jacques Marie Edme Vielliard (1944-2010), French-Brazilian
ornithologist. Proceratophrys vielliardi Martins & Giaretta, 2011.
vilarsi: Vilars + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Arthur Vilars (?), Brazilian engineer. (1) Hyla (Trachycephalus)
vilarsi Melin, 1941. Today Osteocephalus vilarsi (Melin, 1941). (2)
Hylodes vilarsi Melin, 1941. Today Pristimantis vilarsi (Melin, 1941).
(3) Leptodactylus vilarsi Melin, 1941. In the synonymy of Leptodactylus
stenodema Jiménez de la Espada, 1875.
vilavelhensis: P. Vila Velha, protected area in the state of Paraná, Brazil + L. -ensis,
belonging to a place. Melanophryniscus vilavelhensis Steinback-Padilha,
2009. (“... The new species is named in reference to the type locality,
the Parque Estadual de Vila Velha, Paraná State, Southern Brazil ...”).
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