Collections Manager, Amphibians and Reptiles

Jeff.Beane@ncmail.net
(919) 733-7450 x751

B.S. (Zoology) North Carolina State University, 1982

General research efforts are directed toward gathering basic information on the natural history, geographic distribution, and conservation status of all reptile and amphibian species in North Carolina. Current projects include Project Bog Turtle, an initiative to conserve the bog turtle and its habitat in the Southeast; Project Simus, an effort to collect information on the natural history and status of the southern hognose snake in North Carolina; and radio telemetry studies with several reptile species in the North Carolina Sandhills.

Peer-reviewed

Beane, Jeffrey C., Daniel S. Dombrowski, Dennis W. Herman, John P. Cecil, Michael E. Dorcas, and Shane D. Lindsay. 2001. Geographic distribution: Plethodon wehrlei (Wehrle’s salamander). Herpetological Review 32(3):189.

Saumure, Raymond A., and Jeffrey C. Beane. 2001. Natural history notes: Clemmys muhlenbergii (bog turtle) ectoparasites. Herpetological Review 32(1):38.

Somers, Ann B., Jeffrey C. Beane and Dennis W. Herman. 2000. Geographic distribution: Apalone spinifera spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell). Herpetological Review 31(3):183-184.

Beane, Jeffrey C. 1998. Status of the river frog, Rana heckscheri (Anura: Ranidae) in North Carolina. Brimleyana 25:69-79.

———1998. New distributional records for reptiles from North Carolina. Herpetological Review 29(1):56-58.

Beane, Jeffrey C., Thomas J. Thorp, and Dale A. Jackan. 1998. Natural history notes: Heterodon simus (southern hognose snake) diet. Herpetological Review 29(1):44-45.

Non-peer-reviewed (popular)

Beane, Jeffrey C. 2002. June beetle days. Wildlife in North Carolina 66(7):14-17.

——— 2002. North Carolina WILD notebook: Turtles of the coast. Wildlife in North Carolina 66(7):28-31.

——— 2002. North Carolina WILD notebook: Singing frogs. Wildlife in North Carolina 66(3):28-31.

——— 2001. The Stick People. Wildlife in North Carolina 65(2):14-19.

——— 2001. The science behind protection. North Carolina Naturalist 9(1):2-8.

——— 1999. Salamander love, toad shenanigans, and assorted other winter wonders. Friend of Wildlife 46(1):2-6.

——— 1999. North Carolina WILD notebook: Meet herpetologist Jeff Beane. Wildlife in North Carolina 63(8):28-31.

——— 1998. God’s ponds. Wildlife in North Carolina 62(4):12-17.

Beane, Jeffrey C. and Robert T. Zappalorti. 1997. Natural history notes: Clemmys muhlenbergii (bog turtle) parasitism. Herpetological Review 28(3):148-149.

Beane, Jeffrey C. 1995. New distributional records for the star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata (Insectivora: Talpidae), in North Carolina, with comments on its occurrence in the Piedmont region. Brimleyana 22:77-86.

Beane, Jeffrey C. and Ann B. Somers. 1994. Geographic distribution: Plethodon wehrlei (Wehrle’s salamander). Herpetological Review 25(1):31.

Beane, Jeffrey C. 1993. A survey of bog turtle (Clemmys muhlenbergii) habitat in the western Piedmont of North Carolina. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 28(11)240-242.

Beane, Jeffrey C. and Stanley L. Alford. 1993. Geographic distribution: Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum (eastern tiger salamander). Herpetological Review 24(2):63.

Beane, Jeffrey C., and Paris R. Trail. 1991. Life history notes: Scincella lateralis (ground skink) predation. Herpetological Review 22(3):99.

Beane, Jeffrey C., and Stanley L. Alford. 1990. Destruction of a pine warbler brood by an adult cowbird. The Chat 54(3):85-87.