Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
ehrhardti: Ehrhardt + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring Wilhelm Ehrhardt (1860-1936?), German collector and
taxidermist. Hyla ehrhardti Müller, 1924. Also Ololygon ehrhardti — Fouquette
& Delahoussaye, 1977. Scinax ehrhardti — Duellman & Wiens, 1992.
Today Aplastodiscus ehrhardti (Müller, 1924).
eiselti: Eiselt + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Josef Eiselt (1912-2001), Austrian herpetologist. Typhlonectes
eiselti Taylor, 1968. Today Atretochoana eiselti (Taylor, 1968).
Elachistocleis: G. elachistos (ελάχιστος), the smallest + G. kleis (κλείς), collar-bone.
Elachistocleis Parker, 1927. (“... differs from the type species of
Gastrophryne in the possession of a pair of clavicles ... These are very small
and the shoulder girdle may be regarded as being intermediate betwecen
that of Chiasmocleis ... and Gastrophryne ...”).
Eladinea: Eladio + L. -inea, related to. Honouring Eladio da Cruz Lima (1900-
1943), Brazilian lawyer, painter, and archaeologist, co-collector of the original
clutch. Eladinea Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937. In the synonymy of Bolitoglossa
Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854.
elegans: L. elegans, elegant, fine, handsome. (1) Hyla elegans Wied-Neuwied,
1824. (“... Eingefaßter Laubkleber ...”). Also Hyla elegans — Caramaschi
& Jim, 1982. Today Dendropsophus elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1824). (2)
Pleurodema elegans Steindachner, 1863. (“... Die Totalgestalt ist stark
gedrungen, der Kopf kurz, die Schnauze stumpf abgerundet und fast vertical
zum oberen Mundrande abfallend ...”). In the synonymy of Pleurodema
brachyops (Cope, 1869).
elenae: Elena + L. -ae, suffix indicating the genitive of feminine names and nouns.
Honouring Elena Heyer, W. Ronald Heyer’s daughter. Leptodactylus elenae
Heyer, 1978.
eleutherodactylus: G. eleutheros (ελεύθερος), free + G. dactylos (δάκτυλος),
finger, toe. (1) Iliodiscus eleutherodactylus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920. (“... Os
artelhos não deixam perceber sequer vestigios de membranas ...”). Also
Grypiscus eleutherodactylus — Barbour, 1925. Today Cycloramphus eleutherodactylus
(Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920). (2) Eleutherodactylus Duméril
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