Publications

Peer-reviewed articles
(*student mentee; underline = co-lead author)

2019

16. Gladstone, NS, KE Perez, EB Pieper, ET Carter, KE Dooley, NF Shoobs, AS Engel, & ML Niemiller (in press) 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

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)

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)

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

Nelson, S, ET Carter, & LE Hayter (in press) Nesting behavior of Necturus maculosus (Common Mudpuppy) in Tennessee. Tennessee Journal of Herpetology.

Pierson, TW, ET Carter, & A Funk (2018). Gyrinophilus porphyriticus (Spring Salamander). Courtship. Tennessee Journal of Herpetology 2018(1): 24.

Pierson, TW, W Lattea, ET Carter, & LE Hayter (2017) Plethodon yonahlossee (Yonahlossee Salamander) Arboreal behavior. Herpetological Review 48(3): 601.

Carter, ET, TW Pierson & LE Hayter (2016). Geographic Distribution: Plestiodon anthracinus (Coal Skink). Herpetological Review 47(2): 259.

Lattea, W, TW Pierson, & ET Carter (2016) Desmognathus organi (Northern Pygmy Salamander) nest. Herpetological Review 47(1): 100-101.

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