Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
coracoralinae: P. Cora Coralina + L. -ae, suffix indicating the genitive of feminine
names and nouns. Honouring Cora Coralina (pseudonym of Anna Lins dos
Guimarães Peixoto Bretas) (1889-1985), Brazilian candy maker, writer,
and poetress. Pseudopaludicola coracoralinae Andrade et al., 2020.
cordeiroi: Cordeiro + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Paulo Henrique Chaves Cordeiro, Brazilian biologist.
Chiasmocleis cordeiroi Caramaschi & Pimenta, 2003. Also Chiasmocleis
(Chiasmocleis) cordeiroi — de Sá et al., 2018 “2019”.
coriacea, coriaceus: L. coriacea, of leather, made of leather. (1) Rana coriacea
Spix, 1824. (“... hypochondria versus femur crassiora, coriacea ...”). In
the synonymy of Leptodactylus pentadactylus (Laurenti, 1768). (2) Hyla
coriacea Peters, 1867. (“... Oberseite des Körpers lederartig gerunzelt ...”).
Also Phrynohyas coriacea — Duellman, 1968. Today Trachycephalus coriaceus
(Peters, 1867).
cornuta, cornutus: L. cornuta, -us, horned; having horns. Rana cornuta Linnaeus,
1758. (“... R. palpebris conicis ...”). Also Bufo cornutus — Laurenti,
1768. Buffo cornuta — Lacépède, 1788. Pipa cornata — Oken, 1816. Stombus
cornutus — Gravenhorst, 1825. Ceratophrys (Stombus) cornuta —
Lynch, 1982. Stombus cornutus — Dubois et al., 2021. Today Ceratophrys
cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758).
corrugatum: L. corrugatum, make wrinkled; corrugate. Chthonerpeton corrugatum
Taylor, 1968. (“... Skin transversely wrinkled, somewhat more in
adults than in young ...”). In the synonymy of Chthonerpeton indistinctum
(Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862).
corticalis: L. corticalis, in a condition of bark. Hyla (Lophopus) corticalis Burmeister,
1856. (“... Ein ungemein flaches, niedriges, breitköpfiges Thier,
das in der Ruhe mit untergeschlagenen Beinen einer Flechte ähnelt, wenn
man cs an den Baumen, gewöhnlich oben im Schalten des Laubes, unter
der Krone, an einem Ast oder am Stamme selbst sitzen sieht ...”). Also Hyla
corticalis — Günther, 1859 “1858”. In the synonymy of Boana pardalis
(Spix, 1824).
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