Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles;
Research Laboratory Director

Alvin.Braswell@ncmail.net
(919) 733-7450 x751

M.S. ( Zoology), N.C. State University, 1977
B.S. (Wildlife Biology), N.C. State University, 1970

General herpetology research efforts are dedicated to documentation of all reptile and amphibian species' distribution and natural history, as well as declining species and federal or state listed species with respect to their status, biology, and management strategies to help conserve their populations. A grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service supports a status survey of the Carolina gopher frog in North Carolina and South Carolina.

1999. Conservation Status of the Southern Appalachian Herpetofauna. Virginia Journal of Science 50(1):13-35. Co-author with J.C. Mitchell, T.K. Pauley, D.I. Withers, S.M. Roble, B.T. Miller, P.V. Cupp, Jr., and C.S. Hobson.

1998. Noteworthy distributional records for crayfishes (Decapoda: Cambaridae) in North Carolina. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 114(1):1-10. Co-author with John E. Cooper and Christopher McGrath.

1997. Endangered, Threatened, and Rare Fauna of North Carolina Part IV. A Reevaluation of the Freshwater Fishes. Occasional Pap. N.C. State Mus. Nat. Sci. and N.C. Biol. Survey, No. 11. Co-editor with Edward F. Menhinick.

1997. Lizards as hosts for immature Ixodes scapularis (Acari:Ixoididae) in North Carolina. Journal of Medical Entomology. Co-author with Jay F. Levine, Charles S. Apperson, Peter Howard, and Michelle Washburn.

1995. Reptiles of North Carolina. Univ. North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. 412 pp. Co-author with William M. Palmer.

1995. Observations on North Carolina Crayfishes (Decapoda: Cambaridae). Brimleyana 22:87-132. Second author with J.E. Cooper.

1994. Inventory of the rare species, natural communities, and critical areas of the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base, North Carolina. Report for the N.C. Natural Heritage Program, Dept. Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Raleigh, N.C. 27611. Co-author with R.J. LeBlond and J.O. Fussell. 918 pp.

1993. Biological Inventory: Swift Creek Sub-basin. Report produced by N.C. Natural Heritage Program, N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences, and N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. 133 pp. Co-author with J.M. Alderman, S.P. Hall, A.W. Kelly, and C. McGrath.

1991. Scientific Council Report on the Conservation Status of North Carolina Freshwater Fishes. Report to the Nongame Advisory Committee, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, Raleigh, N.C. 128 pp.

1988. A survey of the amphibians and reptiles of Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve. ASB Bull. 35(4): 199-217.