Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

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eata — Heinicke et al., 2007. Heyerus bilineatus — Motta et al., 2021. Today
Bahius bilineatus (Bokermann, 1975). (2) Rana pachypus bilineata
Mayer, 1835. (“... Die Rückenstreiten fehlen und es sind nur zwei seitliche
Streifen zugegen. Ich habe ihn daher mit dem Namen Rana Pachypus
bilineata benannt ...”). In the synonymy of Leptodactylus pentadactylus
(Laurenti, 1768).
bilinguis: L. bilinguis, two-tongued, speaking two languages. Amazophrynella bilinguis
Kaefer et al., 2019. (“... The epithet “bilinguis” is Latin and means
“bilingual”. It refers to the two distinct advertisement calls emitted by the
male individuals ...”).
bilobatus: L. bi-, two + L. lobus, a rounded projection or protuberance, lobe + L.
-atus, having the nature of. Dendropsophus bilobatus Ferrão et al., 2020.
(“... The name refers to the characteristic bilobate shape of the vocal sac of
males of the new species ...”).
bimaculatus: L. bi, two + L. maculatus, spotted. Bufo bimaculatus Wied-Neuwied,
1821 (nomen oblitum). [“... fand ich hier eine Menge grosser, breiter
Kröten, ... unter denen ich eine wahrscheinlich noch unbeschriebene Art
(Bufo bimaculatus) mit zwey grossen dunkeln Feldern auf dem Rücken,
bemerkte ...”]. In the synonymy of Rhinella icterica (Spix, 1824).
binotata, binotatus: L. bi, two + L. notata, -us, marked, signed. Rana binotata
Spix, 1824. (“... maculis in medio dorso geminis, ocellatis, nigris ...”). Also
Hylodes binotatus — Peters, 1872. Eleutherodactylus binotatus — Stejneger,
1904. Eleutherodactylus cinotatus — Luederwaldt, 1929 (typographic
error). Today Haddadus binotatus (Spix, 1824).
biobeba: T. biobeba, corr. mbi-opeba, flat foot or spread foot, name given by the
Guaraníes of Paraguay to the Tupi people of São Paulo 3 . Hyla biobeba Bokermann
& Sazima, 1973. (“... O nome biobeba é de origem indígena, e
significa mão grande ...”). In the synonymy of Boana lundii (Burmeister,
1856).
3 Alfredo de Taunay, 1925. História Geral das Bandeiras Paulistas. Typ. Ideal - Heitor L. Canton. São Paulo. T. 2,
p. 67.
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