Publications

2025

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.

 

10)  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. In Review.

   

9)     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. In Review.

        *Authors contributed equally to this work.

 

Peer-Reviewed Articles

2025

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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  

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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

1. 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

 

1. 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.