Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
pied by Dryomelictes Fitzinger, 1843). In the synonymy of Sphaenorhynchus
Tschudi, 1838.
duartei: Duarte + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Wanderbilt Duarte de Barros (1916-1997), Brazilian botanist.
Hyla rubra duartei B. Lutz, 1951. Also Hyla duartei — Bokermann, 1966.
Ololygon duartei — Fouquette & Delahoussaye, 1977. Today Scinax duartei
(B. Lutz, 1951).
dubia, dubium, dubius: L. dubium, doubtful, dubious, uncertain; variable. (1)
Brasilotyphlus dubium Correia et al., 2018. (“... The epithet dubium means
“dubious”, reflecting our doubt whether or not Brasilotyphlus should be
considered a synonym of Microcaecilia ...”). (2) Cochranella dubia Taylor
& Cochran, 1953. (?). Also Centrolenella dubia — Duellman, 1977. In the
synonymy of Vitreorana uranoscopa (Müller, 1924). (3) Iliodiscus dubius
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920. (“... Pelle rugosa, laxa, ás vezes de aspecto escamoso,
ás vezes recoberta de verrugas maiores, óra simples, óra providas ainda
de concreções margaritoides externas, em toda a face superior ou ás vezes
deixando lizas as extremidades. Na inferior óra é lizo só o meio do peito,
braços e côxas, óra também o sáo as extremidades como todo esse lado
inferior, desde o papo ...”). Also Grypiscus dubius — Barbour, 1925. Today
Cycloramphus dubius (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920).
dumerili: Duméril + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring André Marie Constant Duméril (1774-1860), French
herpetologist. Engystoma dumerili Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 (substitute
name for Engystoma microps). In the synonymy of Myersiella microps
(Duméril & Bibron, 1841).
dundeei: Dundee + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Harold Abraham Dundee (1924-2018), US American
herpetologist. Eleutherodactylus dundeei Heyer & Muñoz, 1999. Today
Pristimantis dundeei (Heyer & Muñoz, 1999).
duseni: Dusén + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Per Dusén (1855-1926), Swedish naturalist. Telmatobius duseni
Andersson, 1914. Today Cycloramphus duseni (Andersson, 1914).
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