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Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

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Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1

Cerathyla: G. kerato (κέρατο), horn + L. Hyla, noun widely used in relation to

tree-frogs (see). Cerathyla Jiménez de la Espada, 1870. The same root in

Ceratohyla — Boulenger, 1882 (unjustified emendation). In the synonymy

of Hemiphractus Wagler (1828).

Ceratophryne: G. kerato (κέρατο), horn + G. phrynos (φρύνος), toad. Ceratophryne

Schlegel, 1858 (part.). (“... De gehoornde Kikvorschen ...”). In the

synonymy of Ceratophrys Wied-Neuwied, 1824.

ceratophyes, ceratophrys: G. kerato (κέρατο), horn + G. ofrys (οφρύς), eyebrow,

supercilium. (1) Ceratophrys Wied-Neuwied, 1824. (“... Augenlieder in kegelförmige

Spitzen verlängert ...”). (2) Pseudopaludicola ceratophyes Rivero &

Serna, 1985. (“... Ceratophyes, del G. keratophyes, con cuernos, en referencia

a las lengüetas cutaneas o “cuernitos” que tiene esta especie en los parpados

...”). (3) Bufo ceratophrys Boulenger, 1882. (“... upper eyelid produced in a

horn-like appendage, the length of which is greater than the orbital diameter

...). Also Rhinella ceratophrys — Frost et al., 2006. Today Rhaebo ceratophrys

(Boulenger, 1882). (4) The same root in Ceratophryidae Tschudi, 1838.

cerradensis: P. cerrado, South American natural formation + L. -ensis, belonging to

a place. (1) Hyla cerradensis Napoli & Caramaschi, 1998. (“... O nome da espécie

faz alusão à sua ocorrência, restrita ao Domínio Morfoclimático do Cerrado

...”). Today Dendropsophus cerradensis (Napoli & Caramaschi, 1998).

(2) Rhinella cerradensis Maciel et al., 2007. (“... The new species occupies

Cerrado habitats in the Brazilian states of Piauí, Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais,

and Distrito Federal ...”).

cesarii: Cesár[io] + L. -ii, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and

nouns. Honouring Cesário Nazianzeno de Azevedo Motta Magalhães

Júnior (1847-1897), Brazilian physician, politician, and writer. Engystoma

ovale cesarii Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920. Also Elachistocleis cesarii — Toledo

et al., 2010. Engystoma cesarii— Dubois et al., 2021. Today Elachistocleis

cesarii (Miranda Ribeiro, 1920). 8

8 The species author is Ihering; Miranda-Ribeiro (1920: 283) wrote: “... Poderá ser chamado do E. -o-cesarii Iher.

The footnote of pp. 283-284 indicates: “... Em um dos frascos da série da sala de exposição ao publico, havia um

exemplar com o seguinte rotulo á machina: Engystoma cesarii Iher.; em baixo do frasco, collado ao fundo, em

manuscripto desconhecido: Engystoma cesarii mottae, Iher. S. Paulo.

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