Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
brachypodius: G. brachys (βραχύς), short + G. podos (ποδος), foot. Eleutherodactylus
brachypodius Rivero, 1961. (“... very short hind limbs, the heel of which does not
reach the nostril ...”). In the synonymy of Pristimantis vilarsi (Melin, 1941).
bracteator: L. bracteator, gold-beater, worker in gold-leaf. Hyla bracteator Hensel,
1867. (“... besitzen eine metallische Stimme, welche genau dem Tone gleicht,
der durch Schlagen mit einem Hammer auf Blech hervorgebracht wird, daher
sie auch von den Colonisten als Blechschmiede bezeichnet werden ...”). In the
synonymy of Boana pulchella (Duméril & Bibron, 1841).
bradei: Brade + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns. Honouring
Alexandre Curt Brade (1881-1971), German architect and botanist. Holoaden
bradei B. Lutz, 1958.
Bradymedusa: G. bradys (βραδύς), slow + G. medusa, apocope of Phyllomedusa
(see). Bradymedusa Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926. (“... Fórma próxima de Phyllomedusa
...”). In the synonymy of Pithecopus Cope, 1866.
braestrupi: Bræstrup + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Frits Wimpffen Bræstrup (1906-1999), Danish zoologist. Chthonerpeton
braestrupi Taylor, 1968.
branneri: Branner + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring John Casper Branner (1850-1922), US American geologist.
Hyla bipunctata branneri Cochran, 1948. Also Hyla branneri — Bokermann,
1966. Hyla decipiens branneri — B. Lutz, 1973. Today Dendropsophus
branneri (Cochran, 1948).
branti: Brant + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Sérgio Brant Rocha, Brazilian Engineer Agronomist. Proceratophrys
branti Brandão et al., 2013.
brasiliensis: P. Brasil, South American country; from P. pau de brasa or pau
brasil 5 + L. -ensis, belonging to a place. (1) Telmatobius brasiliensis Stein-
5 Paubrasilia echinata (Lam.) E. Gagnon, H.C. Lima & G.P. Lewis, wood from which a red dye is obtained, similar
to the color of coal embers.
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