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 (2008) and Centrolene ericsmithi (2023) are named in his honor. Smith described a total of 84 different taxon.

Eric Nelson Smith
Born	(1969-09-18) September 18, 1969 (age 56) Oklahoma, United States
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Texas at Arlington
Known for	Research on Central American herpetofauna
Scientific career
Fields	Herpetology
Institutions	University of Texas at Arlington

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. At He became afterward professor of biology at the University of Texas at Arlington.^[1][2][3]

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