Eric Nelson Smith

Eric Nelson Smith (born September 18, 1969 in Oklahoma) is an American herpetologist. He is specialized in the herpetofauna of Central America. The taxa Crotalus ericsmithi and Centrolene ericsmithi (2023) are named in his honor. Smith has described a total of 84 different taxa.

Biography Born in Oklahoma, United States in 1969 he and grew up in Guatemala. In 1992 he moved to Texas where he earned his PhD at the University of Texas at Arlington. Afterwards he became professor of biology at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Taxa named in his honor Crotalus ericsmithi Campbell & Flores-Villela, 2008 Centrolene ericsmithi, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia et al., 2023

Selected species described

Atropoides indomitus Smith & Ferrari-Castro, 2008 Bolitoglossa centenorum Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa daryorum Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa eremia Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa guaramacalensis Schargel, García-Pérez & Smith, 2002 Bolitoglossa huehuetenanguensis Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa kaqchikelorum Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa la Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa ninadormida Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa nussbaumi Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa nympha Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa pacaya Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa psephena Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa suchitanensis Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa tzultacaj Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bolitoglossa xibalba Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Bothriechis thalassinus Campbell & Smith, 2000 Calliophis haematoetron Smith, Manamendra-Arachchi & Somaweera, 2008 Charadrahyla tecuani Campbell, Blancas-Hernández & Smith, 2009 Chapinophis Campbell & Smith, 1998 Chapinophis xanthocheilus Campbell & Smith, 1998 Coniophanes michoacanensis Flores-Villela & Smith, 2009 Craugastor campbelli (Smith, 2005) Craugastor cyanochthebius McCranie & Smith, 2006 Craugastor galacticorhinus (Canseco-Márquez & Smith, 2004) Craugastor nefrens (Smith, 2005) Cryptotriton monzoni (Campbell & Smith, 1998) Cryptotriton wakei (Campbell & Smith, 1998) Dendrotriton chujorum Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Dendrotriton kekchiorum Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie, 2010 Duellmanohyla Campbell & Smith, 1992 Nototriton brodiei Campbell & Smith, 1998 Osteocephalus exophthalmus Smith & Noonan, 2001 Plectrohyla ephemera (Meik, Canseco-Márquez, Smith & Campbell, 2005) Plectrohyla miahuatlanensis Meik, Smith, Canseco-Márquez & Campbell, 2006 Ptychohyla dendrophasma (Campbell, Smith & Acevedo, 2000) Ptychohyla sanctaecrucis Campbell & Smith, 1992 Rhacophorus achantharrhena Harvey, Pemberton & Smith, 2002 Rhacophorus barisani Harvey, Pemberton & Smith, 2002 Rhacophorus catamitus Harvey, Pemberton & Smith, 2002 Rhinella amboroensis (Harvey & Smith, 1993) Rhinella justinianoi (Harvey & Smith, 1994) Tantilla ceboruca Canseco-Márquez, Smith, Ponce-Campos, Flores-Villela & Campbell, 2007