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Mailing Address: 569 Dabney Hall, 1416 Circle Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996
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Arthur Echternacht

Professor Emeritus

Courses Recently Taught

  • Ecology & Society (EEB 306) 3 credits.
  • Herpetology (EEB 473) 3 credits
  • Zoogeography (EEB 583) 3 credits (co-taught with Dr. Dan Simberloff)

Research Interest

Ecology, behavioral ecology, biological invasions, conservation biology

Education

1961 – B.A., University of Iowa

1964 – M.S., Arizona State University

1970 – PhD., University of Kansas

Research

A comparative study of habitat use in sympatry of populations of native Lamprolepis smaragdina (Scincidae) and introduced Anolis carolinensis (Dactyloidae) in the Republic of Palau..

A historical view of habitat use and thermal ecology of Anolis carolinensis at the northern extreme of its distribution in East Tennessee.

The history of the deliberate introduction and failure to persist of a population of Anolis carolinensis on Sand Island, Midway Atoll, Hawaii.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed

  • Echternacht, A. C.  1964.  Albino specimens from Arizona.  Herpetologica, 20:211-212.
  • Echternacht, A. C.  1967.  Ecological relationships of two species of the lizard genus Cnemidophorus in the Santa Rita Mountains of Arizona.  Amer. Midl. Nat., 78:448-459.
  • Echternacht, A. C.  1968.  Distributional and ecological notes on some reptiles from northern Honduras.  Herpetologica, 24:151-158.
  • Echternacht, A. C. 1970.  Taxonomic and ecological notes on some Middle and South American lizards of the genus Ameiva (Teiidae).  Breviora, No. 354, 9 p.
  • Echternacht, A. C.  1971.  A review of Middle American lizards of the genus Ameiva (Teiidae) with emphasis on geographic variation.  Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ. No. 54, 86 p.
  • Echternacht, A. C.  1973.  The color pattern of Sonora michoacanensis (Duges) (Serpentes, Colubridae) and its bearing on the origin of the species.  Breviora, No. 410, 18 pp.
  • Echternacht, A. C.  1974.  Taxonomic notes on and redescriptions of two lizards of the genus Ameiva (Teiidae).  Herpetologica, 30:244-248.
  • Echternacht, A. C.  1977.  A new species of lizard of the genus. Ameiva (Teiidae) from the Pacific lowlands of Colombia.  Copeia, 1977:1-7.
  • Wade, J. K., A. C. Echternacht and G. F. McCracken.  1983.  Genetic variation and similarity in Anolis carolinensis (Sauria:  Iguanidae).  Copeia, 1983:523-529.
  • Echternacht, A. C.  1983.  Ameiva and Cnemidophorus (Chisbalas, Macroteid Lizards).  In Costa Rican Natural History (D.H. Janzen, Ed.), Univ. Chicago Press.  pp. 375-379.
  • Mathews, R. C. and A. C. Echternacht.  1984.  Herpetofauna of the spruce-fir ecosystem in the southern Appalachian Mountain Region, with emphasis on the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  In The Southern Appalachian Spruce- Fir:  Its Biology and Threats (P.S. White, Ed.).  Natl. Park Serv., Southeast Reg. Off., Research/Resource Mgmt. Rpt. SER-71.  pp. 155-167.
  • Riechert, S. E., R. M. Roeloffs and A. C. Echternacht.  1986.  The ecology of the social spider Agelena consociata in equatorial Africa.  J. Arachnol., 14:175-191.
  • Wilson, M. A. and A. C. Echternacht, 1987.  Geographic variation in the critical thermal minimum of the green anole, Anolis carolinensis (Sauria:  Iguanidae), along a latitudinal gradient.  Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 87A:757-760.
  • Gatten, R. E., A. C. Echternacht and M. A. Wilson.  1988.  Acclimatization versus acclimation of activity metabolism in a lizard.  Physiol. Zool., 61:322-329.
  • Wilson, M. A. and A. C. Echternacht.  1990.  A comparison of heat and cold tolerance of two morphs of Anolis carolinensis (Iguanidae) from southern Florida.  J. Herp., 24:330-333.
  • Redmond, W. H., A. C. Echternacht and A. F. Scott.  1990.  Annotated checklist and bibliography of amphibians and reptiles of Tennessee (1835 through 1989).  Misc.Publ. Ctr. for Field Biology, Austin Peay State Univ., Clarksville, Tennessee.  iii + 172 pp.
  • Echternacht, A. C. and L. D. Harris.  1993.  The fauna and wildlife of the Southeastern United States.  In Biodiversity of the Southeastern United States: Lowland Terrestrial Communities.  (W. H. Martin, S. G. Boyce and A. C. Echternacht, Eds.)  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.  New York.  Pp. 81-116.
  • Michaud, E. J. and A. C. Echternacht.  1995.  Geographic variation of life history traits in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis, and a test of the pelvic constraint model.  J. Herp. 29:86-97.
  • Echternacht, A. C., M. A. Wilson, E. J. Michaud and D. M. MacDonald.  1995.  Anolis sagrei (Brown Anole).  Herp. Rev., 26:107.  (First record from Georgia) (a note)
  • Echternacht, A. C., G. P. Gerber* and F. J. Burton.  2000.  Anolis conspersus (Grand Cayman Blue-throated anole).  Nectivory.  Herp. Rev. 31:173.  (a note)
  • Gerber, G. P. and A. C. Echternacht.  2000.  Evidence for asymmetrical intraguild predation between native and introduced Anolis lizards.  Oecologia, 124:599-607.
  • Echternacht, A. C. and F. J. Burton.  Hemidactylus mabouia (Amerafrican House Gecko).  2002. Herp. Rev. 33:148. (First record of family, genus and species from the Cayman Islands) (a note)
  • Bishop, D. C. and A. C. Echternacht.  2003.  Winter growth, sex ratio, and body size of a northern population of Anolis carolinensis (Sauria: Polychrotidae).  Copeia 2003:906-909.
  • Burton, F. J. and A. C. Echternacht.  2003.  Bufo marinus (Cane Toad).  Herp. Rev. 34:257. (First record of the family, genus and species from the Cayman Islands) (a note)
  • Echternacht, A. C. and F. J. Burton.  2003.  Ramphotyplhops braminus (Brahminy Blindsnake).  Herp. Rev. 34:265-266.  (First record of the family, genus and species from the Cayman Islands) (a note)
  • Campbell, T. C. and A. C. Echternacht.  2003.  Introduced species as moving targets: changes in body sizes of introduced lizards following experimental introductions and historical invasions.  Biol. Invasions 5:193-212.
  • Macedonia, J. M., A. C. Echternacht and J. W. Walguarnery.  2003.   Color variation, habitat light, and background contrast in Anolis carolinensis along a geographical transect.  Herpetol. 37:467-478.
  • Bishop, D. C. and A. C. Echternacht.  2004.  Emergence and movements of winter-aggregated green anoles (Anolis carolinensis, Sauria: Polychrotidae) and the thermal properties of their crevices in Tennessee.  Herpetologica 60:168-177.
  • Donaldson, B. M.and A. C. Echternacht.  2005.  Aquatic habitat use relative to home range and seasonal movement of Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina: Emydidae) in eastern Tennessee.  J. Herp. 39:278-284.
  • Goodman, R. M., A. C. Echternacht and F. J. Burton.  2005.  Spatial ecology of the  endangered iguana, Cyclura lewisi, in a disturbed setting on Grand Cayman.  J. Herp. 39:402-408.
  • Goodman, R. M., F. J. Burton and A. C. Echternacht.  2005.  Habitat use of the endangered  iguana Cyclura lewisi in a human-modified landscape on Grand Cayman.  Anim. Conserv. 8:397-405.
  • Pasachnik, S. A., B. M. Fitzpatrick, T. J. Near and A.C., Echternacht.  2008.  Gene flow between an endangered endemic iguana, and its wide spread relative, on the island of Utila, Honduras:  when is hybridization a threat?  Conserv. Genetics 10:1247-1254.
  • Pasachnik, S. A.1, A. C. Echternacht and B. M. Fitzpatrick.  2010.  Gene trees, species and species trees in the Ctenosaura melanosterna clade.  Conserv. Genetics 11:1767-1781.
  • Powell, R., R. W. Henderson, M. C. Farmer, M. Breuil, A. C. Echternacht, G. van Buurt, C. M. Romagosa and G. Perry.  2011.  Introduced amphibians and reptiles in the greater Caribbean: Patterns and conservation implications.  63-143 In: Conservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas, Vol. 1.  A. Hailey, B. Wilson and J. Horrocks, Eds. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands.
  • Echternacht, A. C., F. J. Burton and J. M. Blumenthal.  2011. The amphibians and reptiles of the Cayman Islands: Conservation issues in the face of invasions.  Pp. 129-147 In: Conservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas, Vol. 2.  A. Hailey, B. Wilson and J. Horrocks, Eds.  Brill, Leiden, Netherlands.
  • Pasachnik, S. A., A. C. Echternacht and B. M. Fitzpatrick.  2011.  Population genetics of the Honduran Paleate Spiny-tailed Iguana, Ctenosaura melanosterna: Implications for  conservation and management. Endangered Species Research.  Endangered Species Research, 14:113-126.
  • Echternacht, A. C.  2012.  Cayman Islands.  Pp. 111-112 In: Island Lists of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles.  R. Powell and R.W. Henderson, Eds., Bull. Florida Mus. Nat. Hist. 51:85-166.
  • Walguarnery, J. W., R. M. Goodman and A. C. Echternacht.  2012.  Thermal biology and temperature selection in juvenile lizards of co-occurring native and introduced Anolis species.  J. Herpetology. 46:620-624.
  • Goodman, R. M., A. C. Echternacht, J. C. Hall, L. D. Deng, and J. N. Welch.  2013. Influence of geography and climate on patterns of cell size and body size in the lizard Anolis carolinensis. Integrative Zoology 8:184-196.
  • Echternacht, A. C.  2013.  Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis.  Pp. 75 – 79 In: The Reptiles of Tennessee.  M.L. Niemiller, R. G. Reynolds and B.T. Miller, Eds.  University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.
  • Echternacht, A. 2016. Sphaerodactylus argivus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016:  e.T75605313A115485222. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-RLTS.T75605313A75607634.en.
  • Echternacht, A. & Hedges, B. 2016. Celestus maculatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016:  e.T81044203A115513496. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T81044203A81044217.en
  • Echternacht, A. 2016. Cubophis caymanus.  The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016:e.T190573A115326002. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T190573A1954840.en
  • Echternacht, A. & Powell, A. 2016. Cubophis fuscicauda.  The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016:  e.T190574A115326167.  http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T190574A1954847.en
  • Echternacht, A. 2016. Cubophis ruttyi.  The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016:e.T190575A115326320.  http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T190575A1954854.en
  • Echternacht, A. 2016. Typhlops caymanensis.  The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016:  e.T75607252A115492201.  http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75607252A75608139.en
  • Echternacht, A. 2016. Typhlops epactius.  The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75607275A115492357.  http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75607275A75608154.en
  • Echternacht, A. & Hammerson, G.A. 2016. Pantherophis guttatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T63863A71740603. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T63863A71740603.en.
  • Echternacht, A., McCranie, R., Reynolds, R.G., Buckner, S. & Fong, A. 2017. Leiocephalus carinatus The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T75320046A144769915. Downloaded on 11 April 2019.

 Books

  • Echternacht, A. C.  1977.  How Amphibians and Reptiles Live.  Elsevier-Phaidon, Oxford, England.  142 pp.  (Dutch and French editions, 1978)

Books Edited

  • Martin, W. H., S. G. Boyce and A. C. Echternacht.  1993.  Biodiversity of the Southeastern United States: Lowland Terrestrial Communities.  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. xv + 502.
  • Martin, W. H., S. G. Boyce and A. C. Echternacht.  1993.  Biodiversity of the Southeastern United States: Upland Terrestrial Communities.  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. xv     + 373.