Etymologies of Brazilian Amphibians

Herpetologia Brasileira - Suplemento 1
& Bibron, 1841. (“... Les Hylodes ont les mains & les pieds complètement
dépourvus de palmure, caractère qui, joint à celui de l’existence de dents,
non sur le vomer, mais sur les os palatins, les fait aisément reconnaître entre
les genres qui précèdent & ceux qui suivent immédiatement ...”). Same
root in Eleutherodactylidae: Eleutherodactylinae B. Lutz, 1954.
elianeae: Eliane + L. -ae, suffix indicating the genitive of feminine names and
nouns. Honouring Eliane de Freitas Napoli, the senior author’s wife. Hyla
elianeae Napoli & Caramaschi, 1999. Today Dendropsophus elianeae (Napoli
& Caramaschi, 2000).
elongata: L. elongatus, prolonged. Hyla elongata A. Lutz, 1925. (?). In the synonymy
of Dendropsophus rubicundulus (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862).
Elosia: G. elos (ἕλος), marsh or marshland + G. -ias (-ιας), having the nature of.
Elosia Tschudi, 1838. (?). Also Elesia — Brazil & Vellard, 1926 (incorrect
subsequent spelling). In the synonymy of Hylodes Fitzinger, 1826 and
Ischnocnema Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862 (part.).
emrichi: Emrich + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and
nouns. Honouring M. Emrich (?), from Porto Alegre, colector of the type.
Hyla emrichi Mertens, 1927. In the synonymy of Dendropsophus minutus
(Peters, 1872).
Emydops: G. emydos (ἑμύδος), fresh-water tortoise + G. -opsis (-όψης), suffix
denoting likeness. Emydops Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (preoccupied by Emydops
Broom, 1912, an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsid from the
Permian of South Africa). (“... Corpo de contorno obvoide, deprimido ...”).
In the synonymy of Stereocyclops Cope, 1870.
engelsi: Engels + L. -i, suffix indicating the genitive of masculine names and nouns.
Honouring Wolf Engels (1935-2021), German biologist. Adenomera engelsi
Kwet et al., 2009. Also Leptodactylus engelsi — Angulo and Icochea, 2010.
Engystoma: G. engys (έγγύς), come near or close + G. stoma (στόμα), mouth. Engystoma
Fitzinger, 1826. (“... Rictus angustus ...”). In this context, partially
in the synonymy of Chiasmocleis, Elachistocleis, Myersiella, and other
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