Howard K. Gloyd
（重定向自Gloyd）
Howard Kay Gloyd (1902–1978) was an American herpetologist who is credited with describing several new species of reptiles, such as the Florida cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti.
Also, he is honored by having named after him the following taxa: a genus of Asian pit vipers, Gloydius; two species of nonvenomous snakes, the eastern fox snake, Pantherophis gloydi, and the dusty hognose snake, Heterodon nasicus gloydi; and two subspecies of Central American pit vipers, Agkistrodon bilineatus howardgloydi and Crotalus intermedius gloydi.