Introduction 



Hobart M. Smith is one of herpetology's most prolific autiiors. As of 30 June 1999, he 

 authored or co-authored 1367 publications covering a range of scholarly and popular papers dealing 

 with such diverse subjects as taxonomy, life history, geographical distribution, checklists, 

 nomenclatural problems, bibliographies, herpetological coins, anatomy, comparative anatomy 

 textbooks, pet books, book reviews, abstracts, encyclopedia entries, prefaces and forwords as well 

 as updating volumes being repnnted. 



The checklists of the herpetofauna of Mexico authored with Dr. Edward H. Taylor are 

 legendary as is the Synopsis of the Herpetofalhva of Mexico coauthored with his late wife, 

 Rozella B. Smith. As of 30 June 1999, he has authored or co-authored the description of 294 new 

 taxa of amphibians and reptiles. His first descnption of a new species appeared in 1933 with the 

 description of Anolis megapholidotus (Smith, 1933), still valid. Chiszar and R. Smith (1982) 

 published a list of his publications for 1931-1980, a penod of fifty years. That bibliography 

 included only a list of all new taxa described by Smith and the publication in which the descriptions 

 appeared. It was an enormous help in assembling the present list. 



The present list includes the authors and year the names appeared, as well as the present 

 nomenclatural status of the taxon. The Chiszar and R. Smith (1982) list gives Bolitoglossa 

 cephalica rubrimembris incorrectly as B. c. rubriventris (p. 73). Acris gryilus paludicola, 

 Sceloporus adleri, and Sceloporus ochotemae were inadvertently excluded, and Conophis lineatus 

 similis Bocourt, 1886 incorrect included. The name Crotalus gloydi lautus first appeared in Smith 

 and Laufe (1945) as a nomen nudum. It was formally described in Smith (1946). 



Sixty-six individuals have coauthored taxonomic descriptions with H. M. Smith, many more 

 than once. John Gillespie coauthored the descnption of Tretanorhinus nigroleteus mertensi but not 

 the paper. The coauthors of new taxa follow alphabetically: Ronald Altig, Ticul Alvarez, Miguel 

 Alvarez del Toro, John S. Applegarth, Rudolph G. Amdt, David L. Auth, Edwin L. Bell, Ronald A. 

 Brandon, Edmund D. Brodie, Jr., Bryce C. Brown, Carlos B. Bumzahem, W. Leslie Burger, F. 

 William Burley, David Chiszar, Pete S. Chrapliwy, Donald M. Darling, Marlene M. Dasman, 

 William B. Davis, I. Lester Firschein, Thomas H. Fritts, John Gillespie, Bryan P. Glass, Chapman 

 Grant, Louis J. Guillette, Jr., William P. Hall, Richard L. Holland, John B. Iverson, Jordi Julia- 

 Zertuche, Harold W. Kerster, Enrique La Marca, David A. Langebartel, Macreay J. Landy, Kenneth 

 R. Larsen, Leonard E. Laufe, Julio A. Lemos-Espinal, John D. Lynch, Robert L. Martin, Robert H. 

 McCauley, Fernando Mendoza Quijano, Tracy J. Miller, Sherman A. Minton, Edward O. Moll, G. 

 William Nixon, Jonathan C. Oldham, Dennis R. Paulson, Gonzalo Perez-Hi gareda, Ivo Poglayen, 

 Floyd E. Potter, Jr., Aurelio Ramirez Bautista, Louis W. Ramsey, Ottys Sanders, Alan H. Savitzky, 

 Karl P. Schmidt, Frederick A. Shannon, Wade F. Sherbrooke, James A. Slater, Philip W. Smith, 

 Rozella B. Smith, Robert A. Spieler, James R. Staley, D, Tom A. Sawin, Wilmer W. Tanner, 

 Kamuran Tepedelen, Edward H. Taylor, Frank Van Breukelen, Richard G. Van Gelder, Gregory 

 Watkins-Colwell, John E. Werler and Kenneth L. Williams. 



In addition to many coauthors, he has published his descriptions in many scientific journals, 

 i.e., 31 journals and three books. They are: American Museum Novitates; Anales del Instituto de 

 Biologia Mexico; Breviora; Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society; Bulletin of the United 

 States National Museum; Copeia; Field and Laboratory; Field Museum of Natural History, 



