Ernest Edward Williams

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

Ernest Williams
Born	Ernest Edward Williams (1914-01-07)January 7, 1914 Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	September 1, 1998(1998-09-01) (aged 84) Pennsylvania, United States
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[citation needed] Judith Blake[1]

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 (synonym of Anolis planiceps)
• Erythrolamprus williamsi (Roze, 1958)
• Strophurus williamsi (Kluge, 1963)
• Pelusios williamsi Laurent, 1965
• Dipsas 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

References

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).

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. ().