Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
burmeisteri: Burmeister + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names
and nouns. Honouring Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister (1807-1892),
German-Argentinian naturalist. (1) Hyla burmeisteri Reinhardt & Lütken,
1862 “1861” (replacement name for Hyla marmorata Burmeister, 1856;
nomen oblitum). In the synonymy of Dendropsophus seniculus (Cope,
1868). (2) Phyllomedusa burmeisteri Boulenger, 1882. Also Phyllomedusa
(Pithecopus) burmeisteri — B. Lutz, 1950. Pithecopus burmeisteri burmeisteri
— B. Lutz, 1966.
butantan: P. Butantan, from T. butantã, corr. yby-tantã, hard, firm ground. Microcaecilia
butantan Wilkinson et al., 2015. (“... The specific epithet is in
honour of the Instituto Butantan, which enabled the discovery of the species
through the Butantan na Amazônia (Butantan in Amazon) project ...”).
caatingae: P. caatinga, Northeastern Brazilian forest, where the vegetation has
little foliage and is almost exclusively composed of hawthorns, cacti, and
bromelids; from T. caa, vegetation, forest + T. tinga, white, clear + L. -ae,
suffix indicating belonging to. Leptodactylus caatingae Heyer & Juncá,
2003. (“... The name, Latinized from the Portuguese word caatinga, refers
to the characteristic distribution of this species within the Caatinga Morphoclimatic
Domain ...”).
cabralensis: [Serra do] Cabral, mountain range in Minas Gerais + L. -ensis, belonging
to a place. Scinax cabralensis Drummond et al., 2007. (“... The
specific name of the new species refers to the Serra do Cabral, complex of
mountains where the species was found ...”).
cabrerai: Cabrera + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Isadore Cabrera (sic); actually, Isidoro Cabrera-Rodríguez
(1922-?), Colombian botanist. Hyla cabrerai Cochran & Goin, 1970.
Today Osteocephalus cabrerai (Cochran & Goin, 1970).
cachimbo: P. Cachimbo, place at about 09°21’S, 54°57’W, Pará, Brazil, between
200 and 400 m; in turn, vernacular name of Couratari guianensis (Lecythidaceae).
Hyla cachimbo Napoli & Caramaschi, 1999. (“... The specific
name, a noun in apposition, refers to the type-locality, Cachimbo ...”). Today
Dendropsophus cachimbo (Napoli & Caramaschi, 1999).
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