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Green Salamander (Aneides aeneus)
​Peer-reviewed articles
(*student mentee; underline = co-lead author)

2019
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16. Gladstone, NS, KE Perez, EB Pieper, ET Carter, KE Dooley, NF Shoobs, AS Engel, & ML Niemiller (2019) A New Species of Stygobitic Snail in the Genus Antrorbis Hershler and Thompson, 1990 (Gastropoda, Cochliopidae) from the Appalachian Valley and Ridge of Eastern Tennessee, USA. ZooKeys.

2018
Berry Cave Salamander
15. Gladstone, NS**, ET Carter, KD Kendall-Niemiller, LE Hayter, & ML Niemiller (2018) A new maximum body size record for the Berry Cave Salamander (Gyrinophilus gulolineatus) and genus Gyrinophilus (Caudata: Plethodontidae) with a comment on body size in plethodontid salamanders. Subterranean Biology. (RG Link)
Multi-panel figure: Bioclimatic variables in the native and introduced range of Mediterranean House Geckos (adapted from Rödder, S Lötters, 2009) compared to an urban site in Knoxville, TN
14. Wessels, JL*, ET Carter, C Hively, LE Hayter, & BM Fitzpatrick. (2018) Population viability of nonnative Mediterranean House Geckos (Hemidactylus turcicus) at an urban site near the northern invasion front. Journal of Herpetology 52(2): 215-222. (RG Link)
Figure from Gladstone et al. (2017) depicting the distribution of cave-obligate land snails in the Eastern U.S.
13. Gladstone, NS*, ET Carter, ML McKinney, & ML Niemiller (2018) Status and conservation of the cave-obligate land snails in the Appalachians and Interior Low Plateau of the Eastern United States. American Malacological Bulletin 36(1): 62:78. (RG Link)

2017
Juvenile Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus)
12. Tetzlaff, SJ**, ET Carter, MJ Ravesi**, BA DeGregorio, & BA Kingsbury (2017) Influence of resource manipulation on male rattlesnakes in a challenging environment: To forage, mate, or thermoregulate? Ecology and Evolution 7(16): 6606-6613. (RG Link)
Courtship in the Yonahlossee Salamander (Plethodon yonahlossee)
11. Pierson, TW, SJ Arnold, MK Hamed, W Lattea, & ET Carter (2017) Courtship behavior of the Yonahlossee Salamander (Plethodon yonahlossee): Observations in the field and laboratory. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 12: 1-15. (RG Link)
Gravid Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus) in natural habitat
10. Tetzlaff, SJ**, MJ Ravesi**, MC Allender, ET Carter, BA DeGregorio, & BA Kingsbury (2017) Snake Fungal Disease affects behavior of free-ranging massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus). Herpetological Conservation and Biology. (RG Link)
Pseudanophthalmus cave beetle from eastern Tennessee
9. Niemiller, ML, KS Zigler, KA Ober, ET Carter, AS Engel, G Moni, & CDR Stephen (2017) Rediscovery and conservation status of six short-range endemic Pseudanophthalmus cave beetles (Carabidae: Trechini). Insect Conservation and Diversity 10(6): 495-501. (RG Link)

2016
Aftermath of poorly planned and poorly implemented invasive plant management at Clifty Falls State Park in Indiana, including a copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) killed during brush-cutting/dozing
8. Carter, ET, MJ Ravesi, BC Eads, & BA Kingsbury (2016) Invasive plant management creates ecological traps for snakes. Biological Invasions 19(1): 443-453. (RG Link)
Bob the Box Turtle
7. Attum, O, J Lowry, BA Kingsbury, & ET Carter (2016) The distribution of amur honeysuckle and box turtle habitat use in an urban forest. Urban Naturalist 12: 1-16. (RG Link)
Some vertebrates found in caves of East Tennessee (Phoebe, Slimy Salamander, Berry Cave Salamander)
6. Niemiller, ML, KS Zigler, DR Stephen, ET Carter, A Paterson, SL Taylor, & AS Engel (2016) Vertebrate fauna in caves of eastern Tennessee within the Appalachians karst region, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 78(1): 1-24. (RG Link)

2015
Circulating thermal gradient used to assess thermal preference of Copperheads
5. Carter, ET, MJ Ravesi, BC Eads, & BA Kingsbury (2015) Exotic invasive plants alter thermal regimes: Implications for management using a case study of a native ectotherm. Functional Ecology 29(5): 683-693. (RG Link)
Figure 4 from Fitzpatrick et al., 2015, Current Zoology: Isthmus analogy, absence of discrete boundary between entities (species)
4. Fitzpatrick, BM, JR Johnson, ME Ryan, J Corush, & ET Carter (2015) Hybridization and the species problem in conservation. Current Zoology 61(1): 206-215. (RG Link)
Top left: stillborn copperhead and four infertile ova as a result of parthenogenesis. Lower right: gravid copperheads in log
3. Jordan, MA, N Perrine-Ripplinger, & ET Carter (2015) An independent observation of facultative parthenogenesis in the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix). Journal of Herpetology 49(1): 118-121. (RG Link)

2014
Copperhead emerging from weedy road perimeter
2. Owen, Dustin*, ET Carter, ML Holding, IT Moore, & K Islam (2014) Roads are associated with a blunted stress response in a North American pit-viper. General and Comparative Endocrinology 202(1): 87-92. ​(RG Link)
Hikers regularly hang their legs over trailside rock wall that contains several copperheads. While no hiker has been bitten here, snakes are often killed by park visitors.
1. Carter, ET, O Attum, BC Eads, AS Hoffman, & BA Kingsbury (2014) Reducing the potential for human-snake encounters in a recreational park. Human-Wildlife Interactions 8(2): 158-167. (cover article)   (RG Link)

Books, Chapters, and Proceedings

Kingsbury, BA & ET Carter. (contracted) A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Indiana. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.

Niemiller ML, ET Carter, DB Fenolio, AG Gluesenkamp, & JG Phillips. (in press) Drivers of subterranean colonization and diversification in cave-dwelling salamanders. In: Cave Life - Drivers of Diversity and Diversification, Wynne JJ (ed.). NOVA Science Publishers.

Engel AS, Niemiller ML, Zigler KS, Stephen CDR, Carter ET, Paterson AT, Keenan SW, & Taylor SJ (2017) Invertebrate and vertebrate cave fauna records for the Appalachian Valley and Ridge. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of Speleology 17: 82–86. (Link)

Recent short communications and Peer-reviewed notes
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​Carter, ET & S Darling (). Pseudotriton montanus diastictus (Midland Mud Salamander) Geographic Distribution: USA: Tennessee: Roane Co. Herpetological Review.
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​Carter, ET, RT Jett, S Darling (). Lampropeltis rhombomaculata (Mole Kingsnake) Geographic Distribution: USA: Tennessee: Loudon Co. Herpetological Review.
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​Carter, ET
 & S Darling (in press) Aneides aeneus (Green Salamander) Geographic Distribution: USA: Tennessee: Roane Co. Herpetological Review.
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​Gladstone, NS, T Royalty, ET Carter, & ML Niemiller (in press) Eurycea lucifuga predation on the nonnative millipede, Oxidus gracilis. Herpetological Review.


Selected Technical Reports
Carter, ET, G Byrd, J Herold, SE Darling, KM McCracken, LE Hayter, B Wade, and NR Giffen (2020) Sensitive Resources Assessment and Forest Analysis for the Proposed Versatile Test Reactor, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Technical report to: Reactor and Nuclear Systems Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Operations and Oversight Division, U.S. Department of Energy. 51pp.

Carter, ET, NR Giffen, K McCracken, SE Darling, A Deck, & G Byrd (2020) Wildlife Management Plan for the Oak Ridge Reservation. ORNL/TM-2012/387/R1, 67 pp.

Carter, ET, G Byrd, S Darling, K McCracken, L Pounds, and N Giffen (2019) Natural Resources Assessment for the SNS Second Target Station, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Technical Report to inform supplemental EIS for the Spallation Neutron Source Second Target Station, 55 pp.

DeRolph, CR, ET Carter, MK McCracken, G Byrd, JM Herold, RT Jett, G Byrd, S Darling, NR Giffen, TJ Mathews, MJ Peterson (2019) Preliminary mitigation screening for the on-site waste disposal facility and central borrow area, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. ORNL/TM-2019/1260.

DeRolph, CR, ET Carter, MK McCracken, G Byrd, JM Herold, RT Jett, S Darling, NS Gladstone, NR Giffen, T. Mathews, MJ Peterson. (2019) Natural resource assessment for the proposed central borrow area, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. ORNL/TM-2019/1257.

Niemiller, ML, ET Carter, NS Gladstone, LE Hayter, & AS Engel (2019) Final Report: New surveys and reassessment of the conservation status of the Berry Cave Salamander (Gyrinophilus gulolineatus). Technical Report. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 58 pp.

Niemiller, ML, ET Carter, LE Hayter, & NS Gladstone (2018) New surveys and reassessment of the conservation status of the berry cave salamander (Gyrinophilus gulolineatus). Technical report provided to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 58p.

Niemiller, ML & ET Carter (2015) The Subterranean Fauna of Stamps Cave (TCS No. PU55), Putnam County, Tennessee, USA. Technical report provided to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation. 9p.

Carter, ET & BA Kingsbury (2013) Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) habitat use and invasive plant management impacts in southern Indiana forests. Technical report provided to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. 87p.
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Carter, ET & BA Kingsbury (2012) Recommended management guidelines for copperheads in Indiana State Parks. Management guidelines provided to the IN Department of Natural Resources. 5p.

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