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Smith, Hobart M., et al.. (1993). The knowing spectator of Twin Peaks: Culture, feminism, and family violence. Literature film quarterly. 21(4). 255–259.2 indexed citations
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Chiszar, David, James B. Murphy, & Hobart M. Smith. (1993). In search of zoo-academic collaborations: a research agenda for the 1990's. Herpetologica. 49(4). 488–500.16 indexed citations
Smith, Hobart M., et al.. (1988). Courtship behavior in Rhinoclemmys areolata from western Tabasco, Mexico (Testudines: Emydidae). Western North American Naturalist. 48(2). 263–266.3 indexed citations
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Smith, Hobart M.. (1988). Rozella Pearl Beverly Blood Smith, 1911–1987. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 48(2). 4.1 indexed citations
Smith, Hobart M. & Kenneth R. Larsen. (1973). The nominal snake genera Mastigodryas Amaral, 1934, and Dryadophis Stuart, 1939. The Great Basin naturalist. 33(4). 10.1 indexed citations
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Smith, Hobart M., et al.. (1971). The lizard Leiolopisma smithi Cochran: a junior secondary homonym of Mocoa smithii Gray. The Great Basin naturalist. 31(3). 3.3 indexed citations
Smith, Hobart M. & Edward Harrison Taylor. (1966). Herpetology of Mexico : annotated checklists and keys to the amphibians and reptiles.. Medical Entomology and Zoology.10 indexed citations
Minton, Sherman A. & Hobart M. Smith. (1960). A new subspecies of Coniophanes fissidens and notes on Central American amphibians and reptiles. Herpetologica. 16. 103–111.3 indexed citations
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Zim, Herbert Spencer, et al.. (1956). Reptiles and amphibians : a guide to familiar American species.4 indexed citations
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Smith, Hobart M.. (1953). The generic name of the newts of eastern North America. Herpetologica. 9(2). 95–99.1 indexed citations
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