Word has belatedly reached Anole Annals’ ears that, sadly, Richard Etheridge passed away last month at the age of 89. Richard was not only a titan of lizard systematics, but the founder of anole systematics. Amazingly, the classic worked that is the foundation of all that has followed in anole systematics was his never-published PhD dissertation. Bobby Espinoza and Kevin de Queiroz wrote a biography of Richard’s career that was published a decade ago in Copeia and that, happily, is freely available.
Professor of Biology and Director of the Living Earth Collaborative at Washington University in Saint Louis. I've spent my entire professional career studying anoles and have discovered that the more I learn about anoles, the more I realize I don't know.
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James (Skip) Lazell
Sad News Indeed! Goodness, I’m not much younger…. Please note my new email address. Skip
David
Indeed, we stand on the shoulders of such giants! Hopefully someone will carry on his work…