Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
carioca: P. carioca, demonym of the inhabitants of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
from T. cari-oca, residence of white men. Phyllobates carioca Bokermann,
1967 (“... colecionado na Represa Rio Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara,
Brasil ...”). Also Colostethus carioca — Edwards, 1971. Allobates
carioca — Grant et al., 2006. In the synonymy of Allobates olfersioides (A.
Lutz, 1925).
carlesvilai: Carles Vilà + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names
and nouns. Honouring Carles Vilà, Spanish zoologist. Hyalinobatrachium
carlesvilai Castroviejo-Fisher et al., 2009.
carneus: L. carneus, of the flesh, carnal; not spiritual. Hylella carnea Cope, 1868.
(“... The pigment is light rose yellow ...”). Today Sphaenorhynchus carneus
(Cope, 1868).
carnevallii: Carnevalli + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names
and nouns. Honouring Ney Eni Demas Carnevalli (1938-2002), Brazilian
ornithologist. Ololygon carnevallii Caramaschi & Kisteumacher, 1989.
Also Hyla carnevallii — Pombal & Gordo, 1991. Today Scinax carnevallii
(Caramaschi & Kisteumacher, 1989).
carranca: P. carranca, sculpture that imitates a human or animal head, carved in
wood and coarsely colored, used by boatmen on the São Francisco River,
who placed them in the bow, to ward off evil spirits. Proceratophrys carranca
Godinho et al., 2013. (“... is a historical symbol for safe navigation
on the São Francisco River and also serves as a symbol of the artisan and
commercial culture of many riverine human populations, including those
in the municipality in which the new species was discovered ...”).
carrizorum: Carrizo + L. -orum, genitive plural of the second declension. Honouring
Gustavo R. Carrizo, Argentinian herpetologist, and his sons, Rodrigo
and Ramiro Carrizo. Physalaemus carrizorum Cardozo & Pereyra,
2018.
carvalhoi: Carvalho + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Antenor Leitão de Carvalho (1910-1985), Brazilian herpetologist
and ichthyologist. (1) Hyla carvalhoi Peixoto, 1981. Also Boana
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