Kalmar "Eleutherodactylus" sunan kimiyya ne, musamman sunan jinsin gungun kwadi da aka fi sani da ruwan kwadi. Ya fito daga kalmomin Helenanci "eleutheros" ma'ana kyauta da "dactylos" ma'ana yatsa ko yatsa. Don haka, ainihin ma'anar Eleutherodactylus shine "yatsu masu kyauta" ko "yatsu masu kyauta", mai yiwuwa yana nufin rashin yin amfani da yanar gizo tsakanin yatsun ko yatsun waɗannan kwadi.