Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
bufonia, bufonium, bufonius: L. bufo, toad + L. -ia, -ium, -ius, quality of. (?).
(1) Eleutherodactylus bufonius Andersson, 1945. (“... Habit stout, Bufolike
...”). In the synonymy of Pristimantis diadematus (Jiménez de la Espada,
1875). (2) Elosia bufonium Girard, 1853. (The name is, perhaps, an
oxymoron, since the original description says “... Skin quite smooth, without
any pustules at all ...”). Elosia bufonia — Boulenger, 1882. Megaelosia
bufonia — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923. Hylodes (Megaelosia) bufonia — Noble,
1927. In the synonymy of Hylodes nasus (Lichtenstein, 1823). (3) Hyla
bufonia Spix, 1824. (“... Grandis, nigro vel chalybeo-fusca, subtus fulva,
granulosa ...”). Hypsiboas bufonia — Wagler, 1830. In the synonymy of
Trachycephalus typhonius (Linnaeus, 1758). (4) Leptodactylus bufonius
Boulenger, 1894 (?). (5) Rana bufonia Merrem, 1820 (substitute name for
Bufo surinamensis Daudin, 1802). (?). In the synonymy of Elachistocleis
surinamensis (Daudin, 1802).
bufonoides: L. Bufo, genus of anurans due to Guersault (1764) (in turn, from L.
bufo, toad) + G. -oeides (-οειδές), similar to. Brachycephalus bufonoides
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920. (“... não tem os escudos dorsaes, sendo todo o corpo
coberto sómente de verrugas prózas da pelle. A esta ultima variedade
será reservado o nome de bufonoides ...”). Also Brachycephalus ephippium
var. bufonoides Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920.
bumbameuboi: P. bumba-meu-boi, hit my ox, a social criticism in the form of a
popular celebration. Elachistocleis bumbameuboi Caramaschi, 2010. (“...
The name of the species, a noun in apposition, is allusive to the most popular
feasts occurring in June at São Luís, Maranhão ...”). Also Engystoma
bumbameuboi — Dubois et al., 2021.
buriti: P. [Municipio de] Buritis (15º37’S, 46º25’W), Minas Gerais, Brasil (from
T. mburi’ti, vernacular name of several arecaceous palms, of the genera
Astrocaryum, Mauritia, Mauritiella, and Trithrinax). Hyla buriti Caramaschi
& Cruz, 1999. (“... O nome da espécie ... faz alusão à localidade tipo
e, por extensão, à “palmeira-buriti”, Mauritia vinifera, típica das veredas
do Brasil Central ...”). Also Hypsiboas buriti — Faivovich et al., 2005. Today
Boana buriti (Caramaschi & Cruz, 1999).
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