Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
werneri: Werner + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Werner Carlos Augusto Bokermann (1929-1995), Brazilian
herpetologist. Crossodactylus werneri Pimenta et al., 2014.
wettsteini: Wettstein + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names
and nouns. Honouring Otto von Wettstein Ritter von Westersheim (1892-
1967), Austrian zoologist. Hyla wettsteini Ahl, 1933. In the synonymy of
Trachycephalus typhonius (Linnaeus, 1758).
weygoldti: Weygoldt + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names
and nouns. Honouring Peter Johann Henning Weygoldt, German zoologist.
Hyla weygoldti Cruz & Peixoto, 1987 “1985”. Also Boana weygoldti —
Wiens et al., 2005. Today Aplastodiscus weygoldti (Cruz & Peixoto, 1987).
wuchereri: Wucherer + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names
and nouns. Honouring Otto Edward Henry Wucherer (1820-1873), Portuguese-born
German physician and herpetologist. (1) Amphodus wuchereri
Peters, 1873 “1872”. Today Phyllodytes wuchereri (Peters, 1873). (2)
Leptodactylus wuchereri Jiménez de la Espada, 1875. In the synonymy of
Leptodactylus labyrinthicus (Spix, 1824).
xanthostomus: G. xantos (ξανθός), blond, yellow + G. stoma (στόμα), mouth.
Melanophryniscus xanthostomus Baldo et al., 2015. (“... indicating one of
the most obvious diagnostic characters of the new species ...”).
xapuriensis: (?) Xapuri, a city in the state of Acre, Brazil + L. -ensis, belonging
to a place. Hyla xapuriensis Martins & Cardoso, 1987. (“... O nome desta
espécie é dado em alusão à sua descoberta em Xapuri ...”). Today Dendropsophus
xapuriensis (Martins & Cardoso, 1987).
Xenohyla: G. xenos (ξένος), stranger, foreign + L. Hyla (see), a name that is traditionally
associated with tree frogs. Xenohyla Izecksohn, 1998. (“... O nome
genérico proposto significa Hyla estranha ...”).
xerophylla: G. xeros (ξηρός), dry + G. phyllon (φύλλον), leaf. Hyla xerophylla
Duméril & Bibron, 1841. (“... Dessus & dessous du corps d’une couleur
feuille-morte ...”). [Not xerophyla, as frequently spelled (from G. xeros
288