Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
Crossodactylus: G. krossos (κρόσσος), fringe + G. dactylos (δάκτυλος), finger,
toe. Crossodactylus Duméril & Bibron, 1841. (“... Orteils légèrement aplatis,
élargis au bout de la même manière que les doigts & garnis de chaque
côté dans toute leur longueur, ainsi que le bord externe du tarse, d’une
membrane flottante ...”).
crucifer: L. crucifer, cross-bearer. Bufo crucifer Wied-Neuwied, 1821. (“... Auch
zeigte sich öfters eine röthliche Kröte mit einem dreyfachen schwarzen
Kreuze auf dem Rücken ...”). Also Bufo (Palaeobufo) crucifer — Bolkay,
1919. Chaunus crucifer — Frost et al., 2006. Today Rhinella crucifer
(Wied-Neuwied, 1821).
crucis: Cruz + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz, Brazilian herpetologist. Chiasmocleis
crucis Caramaschi & Pimenta, 2003. Also Chiasmocleis (Chiasmocleis)
crucis — de Sá et al., 2018 “2019”.
cruentomma: L. cruentus, stained or mixed with blood, blood + G. omma (ομμα),
eye (in its function of seeing). Hyla cruentomma Duellman, 1972. (“... I propose
that the specific name be derived from the Greek—cruentos, meaning
bloody, and omma, meaning eye ...”). Also Ololygon cruentoma — Fouquette
& Delahoussaye, 1977. Scinax cruentommus — Lescure & Marty,
2000. Today Scinax cruentomma (Duellman, 1972).
crurifasciatum: L. cruris, leg; shank; shin + L. fasciatum, having a band/strip;
ribbon. Hyalinobatrachium crurifasciatum Myers & Donnelly, 1997. [“...
in allusion to the limbs, which are green crossbanded in life (markings disappear
in preservative) ...”]. In the synonymy of Hyalinobatrachium cappellei
(van Lidth de Jeude, 1904).
cruzi: Cruz + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz, Brazilian herpetologist. (1)
Hyla cruzi Pombal & Bastos, 1998. Today Dendropsophus cruzi (Pombal
& Bastos, 1998). (2) Phasmahyla cruzi A. Carvalho-e-Silva et al., 2009.
Cruziohyla: L. Cruzius, latinization of [Carlos Alberto Gonçalvez da] Cruz + L.
Hyla (see), a name that is traditionally associated with tree frogs. Cruz-
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