Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
cretatus: L. cretatus, chalked, marked with chalk; in white; powdered (woman).
Scinax cretatus Nunes & Pombal, 2011. (“... in allusion to the dorsal color
pattern of this new species ...”).
crispus: L. crispus, uneven, wrinkled, twisted. Brachycephalus crispus Condez et
al., 2014. (“... The name is used in allusion to the roughness of the dorsum
of this species ...”).
cristiceps: L. crista, ridge, crest + L. -ceps, -headed. Ceratophrys cristiceps Müller,
1883. (“... Zwischenaugenspatium concav. Von einem Augenlid zum andern
eine kräftige Querleiste. Von der Vorderdecke des Auges läuft je ein
flacher undeutlicher Kamm bis zur innern vordem Seite des Nasenlochs
...”). Also Stombus cristiceps — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920. Ceratophrys cristiceps
— Nieden, 1923. Today Proceratophrys cristiceps (Müller, 1883).
cristinae: Proceratophrys cristinae P. Braun, 1973. Cristina + L. -ae, suffix indicating
the genitive of feminine names and nouns. Honouring Cristina
Assunção Sirangelo Braun (1940-2017), Brazilian herpetologist. In the
synonymy of Proceratophrys bigibbosa (Peters, 1872).
crombiei: Crombie + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Ronald Ian Crombie, US American herpetologist. (1)
Colostethus crombiei Morales, 2002 “2000”. Today Allobates crombiei
(Morales, 2002). (2) Physalaemus crombiei Heyer & Wolf, 1989. Also Eupemphix
crombiei — Dubois et al., 2021.
crospedospila, crospedospilus: G. kraspedo (κρασπεδο), fringe + G. spilos
(σπίλος), spot, speck, stain. Hyla crospedospila A. Lutz, 1925. (“... Le dos
est à fond beige, avec des taches brunes disseminées sur le corps & formant
des barres assez larges sur les extrémités ...”). Also Hyla craspedospila —
B. Lutz, 1973. Ololygon crospedospila — Fouquette & Delahoussaye, 1977.
Scinax crospedospilus — Köhler & Böhme, 1996. Today Scinax crospedospilus
(A. Lutz, 1925).
Crossodactylodes: L. Crossodactylus, genus of anurans due to Duméril & Bibron,
1841 (see) + L. -odes, suffix indicating likeness. Crossodactylodes
Cochran, 1938. (?).
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