Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
britti: Britto + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Father L. de Britto (?), director of the Salesian Mission at S.
Gabriel (Rio Negro) [currently São Gabriel da Cachoeira, state of Amazonas,
Brazil, in the Rio Negro basin]. Hyla leprieurii britti Melin, 1941. Also
Osteocephalus britti — Goin, 1961. In the synonymy of Osteocephalus leprieurii
(Duméril & Bibron, 1841).
bromeliaceus: L. bromelia, in this context, a coloquial name for diverse plants of
the family Bromeliaceae (not the Linnaean genus) + L. -aceus, suffix signifying
belonging to, pertaining to. Dendropsophus bromeliaceus Ferreira
et al., 2015. (“... refers to the reproductive habit of the new species, which
deposits eggs in bromeliads and spends the larval phase in the rainwater
accumulated in these plants ...”).
bromelicola: L. bromelia, in this context, a coloquial name for diverse plants
of the family Bromeliaceae (not the Linnaean genus) + L. -cola, dwelling
in, inhabiting, living among. Sphaenorhynchus bromelicola Bokermann,
1966. (“... A maioria dos exemplares foi obtida em bromélias terrestres juntamente
com numerosos jovens não incluídos na série de parátipos ...”).
brunneus: L. brunneus, brown. (1) Prostherapis brunneus Cope, 1887. (“... Color
of superior and lateral surfaces brown ...). Also Phyllobates brunneus
— Barbour & Noble, 1920, Colostethus brunneus — Edwards, 1971. Today
Allobates brunneus (Cope, 1887). (2) Brachycephalus brunneus Ribeiro et
al., 2005. (“... The name is used in allusion to its general brown colour ...”).
brunoi: Bruno + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Bruno Álvares da Silva Lobo (1884-1945), Brazilian zoologist.
Aparasphenodon brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920. Also Corythomantis
brunoi — Mertens, 1926. Corthomantis (Aparasphenodon) brunoi — B.
Lutz, 1954. Today Nyctimantis brunoi (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920).
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