Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
Boana: G. boama (βοαμα), scream, howl. Boana Gray, 1825. (?).
boans: G. boao (βοάω), make a noise, cry out, shout. (1) Rana boans Linnaeus,
1758. (?). Also Calamita boans — Schneider, 1799. Hyla boans — Daudin,
1800. Hypsiboas boans — Faivovich et al., 2005. Today Boana boans
(Linnaeus, 1758). (2) Hyla boans Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt &
Latreille, 1801 “An. X”. (“...La raine beuglante...”). Also Auletris boans —
Wagler, 1830. Hypsiboas boans — Tschudi, 1838. Hyla (Hyla) boans —
Burmeister, 1856. In the synonymy of Boana albopunctata (Spix, 1824).
bocaina, bocainensis: [Serra da] Bocaina, mountain range in the states of Rio
de Janeiro and São Paulo (from P. bocaina, deep valley between two nearby
foothills; narrow passage between two hills; if T., from mbo-caia, fire
made for the preparation of gardens) + L. -ensis, belonging to a place. (1)
Ischnocnema bocaina Taucce et al., 2019. [“... The specific epithet refers to
the Bocaina Mountain Range (Serra da Bocaina, in Portuguese), where the
type locality of the species is located, in recognition of the great biodiversity
importance of this mountain range ...]. (2) Megaelosia bocainensis Giaretta
et al., 1993. (“... As the holotype of the new species was collected at the
Serra da Bocaina, we propose the name Megaelosia bocainensis sp. nov.
...”). Also Hylodes bocainensis — Dubois et al., 2021. Today Phantasmarana
bocainensis (Giaretta et al., 1993). (3) Hyla catharinae bocainensis B.
Lutz, 1968. (“... This form was first seen by A. Lutz in 1925 at his brother’s
Fazenda do Bonito in the Serra da Bocaina, at approximately 1,100 meters
altitude ...”). In the synonymy of Scinax ariadne (Bokermann, 1967).
boesemani: Boeseman + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names
and nouns. Honouring Marinus Boeseman (1916-2006), Dutch ichthyologist.
Hyla boesemani Goin, 1966. Also Ololygon boesemani — Fouquette &
Delahoussaye, 1977. Today Scinax boesemani (Goin, 1966).
boiei: Boie + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Friedrich Boie (1789-1870) or his brother Heinrich Boie (1794-
1827), German naturalists. (1) Phyllomedusa boiei Fitzinger, 1861 “1860”.
In the synonymy of Phyllomedusa bicolor (Boddaert, 1772). (2) Ceratophrys
boiei Wied-Neuwied, 1824. Also Stombus bojei — Gravenhorst,
1829. Ceratophrys bojei — Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862 “1861”. Ceratophrys
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