Ernest Edward Williams

Ernest Williams
Ernest Williams
Born	Ernest Edward Williams; January 7, 1914; Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	September 1, 1998 (aged 84); Pennsylvania, United States
Citizenship	American
Alma mater	Columbia University
	Scientific career
Fields	Systematics, Herpetology
Institutions	Harvard University
Thesis	Variation and selection in the cervical central articulations of living turtles (1950)
Doctoral advisor	William King Gregory
Doctoral students	Robert Trivers; Judith Blake[1]

Ernest Edward Williams (January 7, 1914 – September 1, 1998) was an American herpetologist. He coined the term ecomorph based on his research on anoles.

Taxa named in honor of Ernest E. Williams

The following species are named in honor of Ernest E. Williams.[2]

Lygodactylus williamsi Loveridge, 1952
Anolis eewi Roze, 1958
Liophis williamsi Roze, 1958
Strophurus williamsi Kluge, 1963
Pelusios williamsi Laurent, 1965
Sibynomorphus williamsi Carillo de Espinoza, 1974
Anolis ernestwilliamsi Lazell, 1983
Phrynops williamsi Rhodin & Mittermeier, 1983
Sphaerodactylus williamsi Thomas & Schwartz, 1983
Lepidoblepharis williamsi Ayala & Serna, 1986
Cynisca williamsi Gans, 1987
Pristimantis ernesti Flores, 1987
Anolis williamsmittermeierorum Poe & Yañez-Miranda, 2007

Taxa described by Ernest E. Williams

Aldabrachelys Loveridge & Williams, 1957
Anolis anchicayae Poe, Velasco, Miyata & Williams, 2009
Anolis annectens Williams, 1974
Anolis antioquiae Williams, 1985
Anolis barahonae Williams, 1962
Anolis biporcatus parvauritus Williams, 1966
Anolis brasiliensis Vanzolini & Williams, 1970
Anolis calimae Ayala, Harris & Williams, 1983
Anolis caquetae Williams, 1974
Anolis carlostoddi Williams, Praderio & Gorzula, 1996
Anolis chocorum Williams & Duellman, 1967
Anolis christophei Williams, 1960
Anolis danieli Williams, 1988
Anolis deltae Williams, 1974
Anolis dissimilis Williams, 1965
Anolis dolichocephalus Williams, 1963
Anolis etheridgei Williams, 1962
Anolis euskalerriari Barros, Williams & Viloria, 1996
Anolis fitchi Williams & Duellman, 1984
Anolis grahami aquarum Underwood & Williams, 1959
Anolis huilae Williams, 1982
Anolis ibague Williams, 1975
Anolis imias Ruibal & Williams, 1961
Anolis insolitus Williams & Rand, 1969
Anolis kunayalae Hulebak, Poe, Ibáñez & Williams, 2007
Anolis lamari Williams, 1992
Anolis lineatopus ahenobarbus Underwood & Williams, 1959
Anolis lineatopus merope Underwood & Williams, 1959
Anolis lyra Poe, Velasco, Miyata & Williams, 2009
Anolis maculigula Williams, 1984
Anolis marcanoi Williams, 1975
Anolis medemi Ayala & Williams, 1988
Anolis menta Ayala, Harris & Williams, 1984
Anolis mirus Williams, 1963
Anolis neblininus Myers, Williams & McDiarmid, 1993
Anolis nigrolineatus Williams, 1965
Anolis occultus Williams & Rivero, 1965
Anolis parilis Williams, 1975
Anolis propinquus Williams, 1984
Anolis reconditus Underwood & Williams, 1959
Anolis ricordi leberi Williams, 1965
Anolis rivalis Williams, 1984
Anolis ruizi Rueda & Williams, 1986
Anolis rupinae Williams & Webster, 1974
Anolis santamartae Williams, 1982
Anolis singularis Williams, 1965
Anolis tetarii Barros, Williams & Viloria, 1996
Anolis vanzolinii Williams, Orcés, Matheus & Bleiweiss, 1996
Anolis vaupesianus Williams, 1982
Anolis vicarius Williams, 1986
Anolis whitemani Williams, 1963
Cnemidophorus vanzoi Baskin & Williams, 1966
Eleutherodactylus furcyensis Shreve & Williams, 1963
Eleutherodactylus heminota Shreve & Williams, 1963
Eleutherodactylus leoncei Shreve & Williams, 1963
Puertoricomys corozalus Williams & Koopman, 1951
Urostrophus gallardoi Etheridge & Williams, 1991

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References

Blake, Judith Anne (1981). Chromosomal variation in the Jamaican lizard, Anolis grahami. harvard.edu (PhD thesis). Harvard University. OCLC 76978818.
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Eew", p. 81; "Ernest", p. 85; "Williams, E.E.", p. 286; "Williams-Mittermeier", p. 287).

Bibliography

Gans C (2000). "Obituaries: Ernest Edward Williams 1914-1998". Herpetological Review 31 (1): 10-11.
Losos J, Crompton A, Liem KF (October 1, 2009). "Ernest Edward Williams". Retrieved from HARVARDgazette ().
Rhodin AGJ, Miyata K (1983). Advances in Herpetology and Evolutionary Biology : Essays in Honor of Ernest E. Williams. ().

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[phd-1] Blake, Judith Anne (1981). Chromosomal variation in the Jamaican lizard, Anolis grahami. harvard.edu (PhD thesis). Harvard University. OCLC 76978818.

[2] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Eew", p. 81; "Ernest", p. 85; "Williams, E.E.", p. 286; "Williams-Mittermeier", p. 287).