Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
Batrachychthis: G. batrachos (βάτραχος), frog + G. ichthys (ίχθṹς), fish. Batrachychthis
Pizarro, 1876. [“... A primeira vista parece ser este animal um gyrino
(têtard) em periodo de evolução anterior ao seu completo desenvolvimento,
que depois de experimentar as ultimas metamorphoses próprias á
esta classe de animaes deve originar um batrachio de proporções relativamente
collossaes ...”]. Also Batrachichthys — Boulenger, 1882 (incorrect
subsequent spelling). In the synonymy of Pseudis Wagler, 1830.
baturitensis: P. Baturité (corr. of T. ybytyra-etê, from ybytyra, high ground,
hill), true mountain, mountain range par excellence + L. -ensis, belonging
to a place. Adelophryne baturitensis Hoogmoed et al., 1994. (“... Named
after the type locality, the Maciço de Baturité, an isolated mountain range
close to the litoral of Ceará ...”).
baumgardneri: Baumgartner (sic) + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine
names and nouns. Honouring Hans Baumgartner (?), Venezuelan
physician and naturalist. Hyla baumgardneri Rivero, 1961. Also Ololygon
baumgardneri — Fouquette & Delahoussaye, 1977. Originally spelled
baumgardneri instead of baumgartneri, possibly in error. Today Scinax
baumgardneri (Rivero, 1961).
beckeri: Becker + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Johann Becker (1932-2004), Brazilian entomologist. Hyla
beckeri Caramaschi & Cruz, 2004. Also Hypsiboas beckeri — Faivovich, et
al., 2005. In the synonymy of Boana polytaenia (Cope, 1870).
belloni: Bellon + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring José Bellon (collector of the holotype of the new species). Scinax
belloni Faivovich et al., 2010. Also Ololygon belloni — Duellman et al.,
2016.
belzebul: L. belzebul, from H. Baal Zebub לעב)‏ ‏,(בובז the prince of demons, Semitic
deity. Proceratophrys belzebul Dias et al., 2013. (“... makes allusion to
horn-like palpebral appendages and the dark color of the specimens ...”).
benitezi: Benítez + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Jaime Benítez Rexach (1908-2001), Porto-Rican law-
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