| Birth date | September 18, 1969 (age 57) |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Oklahoma, United States |
| Fields | Herpetology |
| Workplaces | University of Texas at Arlington |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Arlington |
| Known for | Research on Central American herpetofauna |
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.
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.[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
References
- ^ "Dr. Eric N. Smith — Department of Biology at UTA". web.archive.org. 2014-09-28. Archived 2014-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
- ^ Eric N Smith, University of Texas at Austin
- ^ "Eric N. Smith, Ph.D. – Eric Smith Research Group". uta.edu. 2015-04-02. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2025-01-15. – via web.archive.org.