Publications

Books and Book Chapters

  • Lutterschmidt, W.I. and D.I. Lutterschmidt.  Laboratory Exercises in Human Physiology:  A Clinical and Experimental Approach.  McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.  (In Press)
  • Neudorf, D.L. and W.I. Lutterschmidt.  The Nontraditional Pet: Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds.  Pp. (__ - __).   In C.P. Bagley (Ed.), Animals and Society.  Delmar Press.  Albany, New York.  (In Review)

Peer Viewed Articles

  • Lutterschmidt, W.I., S.B. Turk, and E.D. Wilson.  (In Press).  Seasonal timing of follicular development of the Mud Snake, Farancia abacura (Colubridae).  Herpetological Review.
  • Roth, E.D., W.D.W. Ginn, L.J. Vitt, and W.I. Lutterschmidt. 2003.  Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma (Western Cottonmouth) Diet.  Herpetological Review 34(1):60.
  • Dent, L. and W.I. Lutterschmidt.  2003.  Comparative thermal physiology of two sympatric sunfishes (Centrarchidae: Perciformes) with a discussion of microhabitat utilization.  The Journal of Thermal Biology 28(1)67-74.
  • Lutterschmidt, D.I., W.I. Lutterschmidt, and V.H. Hutchison.  2003.  Melatonin and thermoregulation in ectothermic vertebrates: a review.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 81(1):1-13.
  • Lutterschmidt, D.I., W.I. Lutterschmidt, N.B. Ford, and V.H. Hutchison.  2002.  Behavioral thermoregulation and the role of melatonin in a nocturnal snake.  Hormones and Behavior 41(1):41-50.
  • Sanford, G.M., W.I. Lutterschmidt, and V.H. Hutchison.  2002.  The comparative method revisited. BioScience 52(9):830-836.
  • Sartorius, S.S., J.P.S. do Amaral, R.D. Durtsche, C.M. Deen, and W.I. Lutterschmidt.  2002.  Thermoregulatory accuracy, precision, and effectiveness in two sand-dwelling lizards under mild environmental conditions.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 80(11):1966-1976.
  • Lutterschmidt, D.I. and W.I. Lutterschmidt.  2002.  Modifications for the successful use of thermocouples in studies of thermoregulation.  Herpetological Review 33(2):110-112.
  • Dent, L. and W.I. Lutterschmidt. 2001.  The ichthyofauna of Harmon and Wynne Creeks sampled within the Center for Biological Field Studies, Walker County, Texas.  Texas Journal of Science 53(2):139-146.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I. 2001.   Eurycea tynerensis (Oklahoma Salamander) A Correction.  Herpetological Review 32(2):111.
  • Lienesch, P.W., W.I. Lutterschmidt, and J.F. Schaefer.  2000.  Long-term changes in the fish assemblage of a small stream isolated by a reservoir.  Southwestern Naturalist 45(3):274-288.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I., J.G. Hilliard, and T.R. Lange.  1999.   Eurycea tynerensis (Oklahoma Salamander).  Herpetological Review 30(4):230.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I. and M.L. Thies.  1999.   Syrrhophus cystignathoides (Rio Grande Chirping Frog).  Herpetological Review 30(1):51.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I., D.I. Lutterschmidt, C.R. Tracy, and V.H. Hutchison.  1999.  Time course analyses of the thermoregulatory responses to melatonin and chlorpromazine in bull snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus).  Journal of thermal Biology 23(6):319-327.
  • Schaefer, J.F., W.I. Lutterschmidt, and L.G. Hill.  1999.  Physiological performance and stream microhabitat use by two Centrarchids (Lepomis megalotis and Lepomis macrochirus).  Environmental Biology of Fishes 54:303-312.
  • Lutterschmidt, D.I., W.I. Lutterschmidt, and V.H. Hutchison.  1998.  Melatonin and chlorpromazine: thermal selection and metabolic rate in the bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 118(3C):271-277.
  • Durtsche, R.D., P.J. Gier, M.M. Fuller, W.I. Lutterschmidt, R. Bradley, C.K. Meier, and S.C. Hardy.   1997.  Ontogenetic variation in the autecology of the greater earless lizard, Cophosaurus texanus.  Ecography 20(4):336-346.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I. and J. F. Schaefer.  1997.  A simple computer simulation for demonstrating and modeling predator-prey oscillations.  Journal of Biological Education 31(3):221-227.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I. and V.H. Hutchison.  1997.  The critical thermal maximum: data to support the onset of spasms as the definitive end point.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 75(10):1553-1560.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I. and V.H. Hutchison. 1997.  The critical thermal maximum: history and critique.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 75(10):1561-1574.
  • Marvin, G.A. and W.I. Lutterschmidt.  1997.  Locomotor performance in juvenile and adult box turtles (Terrapene carolina): A reanalysis for effects of body size and extrinsic loading using a terrestrial species.  Journal of Herpetology 31(4):582-586.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I., R.L. Nydam, and H.W. Greene.  1996.  County record for the woodland vole, Microtus pinetorum (Rodentia: Muridae), LeFlore County, Oklahoma with natural history notes on a snake predator.  Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences 76:93-94.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I. and C.M. Taylor.  1996.  The herpetofauna and ichthyofauna of the Cucumber Creek Watershed, LeFlore County, Oklahoma.  Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences 76:43-47.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I., J.J. Lutterschmidt, and H.K. Reinert.  1996.  An improved and inexpensive timing device for monitoring pulse frequency of temperature sensing transmitters in free-ranging animals.  American Midland Naturalist 136(1):172-180.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I. and J. F. Schaefer.  1996.  Mist netting snakes: a technique borrowed from ornithology for sampling semi-aquatic snake populations.  Herpetological Review 27(3):131-132.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I., G.A. Marvin, and V.H. Hutchison.  1996.   Rana catesbeiana (Bullfrog): Record body size.  Herpetological Review 27(2):74-75.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I.  1994.  The effect of surgically implanted transmitters upon the locomotory performance of the checkered garter snake, Thamnophis m. marcianus.  Herpetological Journal 4(1):11-14.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I., G.A. Marvin, and V.H. Hutchison.  1994.  Alarm response by a plethodontid salamander (Desmognathus ochrophaeus): conspecific and heterospecific "Schreckstoff."  Journal of Chemical Ecology 20(11):2471-2479.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I. and L.A. Rayburn. 1993.  Observations of feeding behavior in Thamnophis after surgical procedures.  Journal of Herpetology 27(1):95-96.
  • McGuckin, A.W., C.S. Rosenberry, and W.I. Lutterschmidt.  1993.  Some observations of fall locality and movement of largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, in a Mesotrophic reservoir, Lake Raystown.  Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences 67(1):10-12.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I.  1992. Crotalus horridus (Canebrake Rattlesnake): Geographic distribution.  Herpetological Review 23(1):26.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I.  1991.  An improved laboratory apparatus for examining thermal preferences of reptiles.  Herpetological Review 22(3):92-94.
  • Lutterschmidt, W.I. and H.K. Reinert.  1990.  The effect of ingested transmitters upon the temperature preference of the water snake, Nerodia s. sipedon.  Herpetologica 46(1):39-42.