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.

Contents

• Biography
• Taxa named in his honor
• Selected species described
• References

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

References