title: Nitida
text: # Nitida
  
  Nitida, Nitidum and Nitidus are forms of the Latin for "bright, shining, sleek, blooming, smart" and may refer to:
  
  Nitida:
  
  Nitidus:
  
  * Barbichthys nitidus, a junior synonym of B. laevis
  * Eleutherodactylus nitidus, a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae
  * Emmelichthys nitidus, a rover species found at depths of between 100 and 500 m
  * Euryoryzomys nitidus, a rodent species in the genus Euryoryzomys of family Cricetidae
  * Hemicoelus nitidus, a species of beetles in the genus Hemicoelus of the family Anobiidae
  * Lichen nitidus, a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology
  * Limnonectes nitidus, a species of frog in the family Ranidae
  * Liolaemus nitidus, known as the shining tree iguana is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae
  * Nassarius nitidus, a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae
  * Petalonyx nitidus, a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known as shinyleaf sandpaper plant
  * Phymatodes nitidus, a species of longhorn beetle
  * Rhabdoblennius nitidus, a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific Ocean
  * Sphoeroides nitidus, a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes
  * Stemonoporus nitidus, a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae
  * Zonitoides nitidus, species of small, air-breathing land snail in the family Gastrodontidae
  
  Nitidum
  
  * Leptospermum nitidum, the shining tea-tree, a shrub species endemic to Tasmania
  * Pisidium nitidum, the shining pea clam, a freshwater clam species
  * Strioterebrum nitidum, the shiny Pacific auger, a sea snail species
  * Zanthoxylum nitidum the shiny-leaf prickly-ash, a flowering plant species
  * Meioceras nitidum, a sea snail species
  