Publications
Manuscripts in Prep
12) K. L. Wuthrich, C. Alfonso, K. A. Alujević, L. Bakewell, B. M. Buitrago, I. T. Clifton, S. S. Fontaine,
C. Grey, N. D. Gripshover, L. Hoffman, J. Keller, Y. F. Lopez-Tacoaman, J. Nguyen, N. E. Ponce
Chilan, A. Vivas, C.E. Williams, W. O. McMillan, M. L. Logan, C. L. Cox. Gene expression
differences but not methylation patterns underlie the physiological response to acute heat stress in a
tropical ectothermic lizard. In prep.
11) Metz, M., K. L. Wuthrich, L. Swierk. Visual ecology of Anolis aquaticus:
How color patterns serve dual functions in predator avoidance and social signaling. In prep.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
2026
10) Wuthrich, K. L.*, Fontaine S. S.*, C. Alfonso, K. Alujević, L. Bakewell, J. Keller, Y. López-
Tacoaman, N. Ponce, A. Vivas, C. E. Williams, W. O. McMillan, C. L. Cox, M. L. Logan. Gut
microbiome composition and diversity are associated with heat tolerance plasticity in a tropical lizard.
Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology. Accepted.
*Authors contributed equally to this work.
9) Lopez, Y. F. T., M. Alcivar, K. A. Alujević, L. Bakewell, J. D. Curlis, A. Gonzalez, N. D. Gripshover,
S. Gulati, R. Pirani, N. Ratia, D. Romero, K. L. Wuthrich, C. L. Cox, M. L. Logan, W. O. McMillan, S.
S. Fontaine, C. E. Williams. Host and environmental drivers of gut microbiome variation in
wild Anolis lizards. Molecular Ecology. 35:e70358. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70358
2025
8) Cox, C. L., K. L. Wuthrich, D., Aloudeh, S. J. Baker, A. G. Climo, A. F. Gross, C. W. Kizer,
Z. Korff, O. Melendez, V. Y. Silva, A. M. Spans, G.R. Thilenius, I.T. Clifton, A. K. Chung.
Plasticity and regional heterothermy of upper thermal tolerance in the ringneck snake. Journal of
Thermal Biology. 135:104354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2025.104354
7) Bakewell L., C. Alfonso, K. A. Alujević, S. S. Fontaine, J. Keller, Y. F. Lopez-Tacoaman, N. E. Ponce
Chilan, A. Vivas, C. E. Williams, K. L. Wuthrich, W. O. McMillan, M. L. Logan, C. L. Cox. Higher
parasite load is associated with lower heat tolerance in a tropical lizard. Journal of Experimental
Biology. 228(18): jeb250580. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.250580
6) Wuthrich K. L., L. Swierk. Color-changing signals are independent of social interactions, but
correlate with body condition in an Anolis lizard. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Biological
Journal of the Linnean Society. 146(2): blaf075. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaf075
5) Wuthrich K. L., A. K. Chung, A Rosso, W. O. McMillan, M. L. Logan, C. L. Cox. Beating the heat: a
lowland tropical lizard expresses heat shock protein networks in response to acute thermal stress.
Integrative and Comparative Biology. 65(4): 1109-1120. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaf057
2024
4) Alujević K, L. Bakewell, I. Clifton, C. L. Cox, L. O. Frishkoff, E. J. Gangloff, G. Garcia-Costoya, M. E.
Gifford, M. Glenwinkel, S. Gulati, A. Head, M. Miles, C. Pettit, C.M. Watson, K. L. Wuthrich, M. L.
Logan. 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial
thermal environments. Journal of Thermal Biology. 119, 103762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103762
2022
3) Wuthrich K. L., A. Nagel, L. Swierk. Rapid body color change provides lizards with facultative crypsis in the eyes
of their avian predators. The American Naturalist. 199: 277-290. https://doi.org/10.1086/717678
2) Wuthrich K. L., D. Stock, J. Talavera, B. Putman, L. Swierk. Sexual signal conspicuity is correlated with tail
autotomy in an anoline lizard. Current Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoab064
2021
Other Peer-Reviewed Contributions
1) Wuthrich K.L., L Swierk. 2021. Anolis aquaticus (= Norops aquaticus) (Water Anole). Dewlap coloration.
Herpetological Review. 52: 401-402.