Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
biolat: E. BIOLAT, acronym for the Biological Diversity in Tropical Latin America
project. Dendrobates biolat Morales, 1992. [“... El nombre biolat honra la
labor desempeñada por el programa de Diversidad Biologica para America
Latina (BIOLAT) del Smithsonian Institution de Washington D. C., U. S. A.
Este programa realiza investigaciones cientificas en los Parques Nacionales
de Sudamerica y brinda apoyo a los investigadores nacionales ...”]. Also
Ranitomeya biolat — Grant et al., 2006. In the synonymy of Ranitomeya
sirensis (Aichinger, 1991).
bipunctata, bipunctatus: L. bi-, two + L. punctata, -us, punctuated; pointed.
Hyla bipunctata Spix, 1824. (“... dorso medio nigro-bipunctato ...”). Also
Scinax bipunctatus — Wagler, 1830. Scinax bipunctata — Peters, 1872.
Hyla bipunctata bipunctata — Cochran, 1955 “1954”. Today Dendropsophus
bipunctatus (Spix, 1824).
bischoffi: Bischoff + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Theodor Bischoff (1807-1882), Brazilian schoolmaster
and amateur naturalist, active in Rio Grande do Sul. (1) Hyla bischoffi
Boulenger, 1887. Also Hyla bischoffi bischoffi — Cochran, 1955 “1954”.
Hypsiboas bischoffi — Faivovich et al., 2005. Today Boana bischoffi (Boulenger,
1887). (2) Paludicola bischoffi Boulenger, 1887. Also Physalaemus
bischoffi — Parker, 1927. In the synonymy of Physalaemus cuvieri Fitzinger,
1826.
bivittata, bivittatum: L. bi, two + L. vittata, wearing or carrying a ritual vitta. (1)
Hyla bivittata Boulenger, 1888. (“... Greyish above, with two parallel darker
bands along the back, more distinct in the young than in the adult ...”.
Also Hyla minuta bivittata — Barrio, 1967. In the synonymy of Dendropsophus
minutus (Peters, 1872). (2) Caecilia bivittata Guérin-Méneville,
1838. (?). Also Coecilia bivitatum Cuvier, 1829. Today Rhinatrema bivittatum
(Guérin-Méneville, 1838).
blombergi: Blomberg + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names
and nouns. Honouring Rolf Blomberg (1912-1996), Swedish explorer and
photographer active in Ecuador. Phyllomedusa blombergi Funkhouser,
1957. In the synonymy of Phyllomedusa vaillantii Boulenger, 1882.
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