Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
maschi & Cruz, 2013. [“...The specific epithet refers to the “bandeirantes”,
men that, in the XVI to XVIII centuries, departed from São Paulo to explore
the interior of Brazil searching for gold, silver, precious stones, and
slaves, increasing the country territory to the current borders...”]. In the
synonymy of Boana polytaenia (Cope, 1870).
bandeirensis: P. [Pico da] Bandeira, a 2,450 m a.s.l. mountain in the state of
Espírito Santo, Brazil + L. -ensis, belonging to a place. Cycloramphus bandeirensis
Heyer, 1983. (“... named after the type locality ...”).
barbudensis: Barbuda, a Caribbean island + L. -ensis, belonging to a place. Hyla
barbudensis Auffenberg, 1958. (“... Type Locality and Horizon: — Cave I,
Two Foot Bay, Barbuda, British Leeward Islands; Late Pleistocene or Recent
... ”). In the synonymy of Eleutherodactylus johnstonei Barbour, 1914
(an introduced species in Brazil).
barrioi: Barrio + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Avelino Barrio (1920-1979), Argentinian herpetologist. (1) Leptodactylus
barrioi Silva et al., 2020. (2) Physalaemus barrioi Bokermann,
1967.
Barycholos: G. barycholos (βαρύχολος), savage. Barycholos Heyer, 1969. (“...
The new genus is named in honor of Dr. Jay M. Savage ...”).
Basanitia: Unclear. G. basis (βάσις), lower limb or foot, or G. basa (βασά, from
βαίνω), walk, step + G. itis (ϊτης), who walks forward. Basanitia Miranda-Ribeiro,
1923. (“... Dedos e artelhos providos de pelota terminal evidente,
dividida, como em Elosia ...”). In the synonymy of Ischnocnema
Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862.
bassleri: Bassler + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Harvey Bassler (1883-1950), US American geologist.
Chiasmocleis bassleri Dunn, 1949. Also Chiasmocleis bassleri Dunn, 1949.
Syncope bassleri — de Sá et al., 2012. Chiasmocleis (Syncope) bassleri —
de Sá et al., 2018 “2019”.
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