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for "Beane, Jeff"
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The coachwhip is North Carolina's longest snake with a record length of 8 and one-half feet. The snake is characterized by a slender body, extremely fast movement, defensive action when cornered or restrained, and alert and active in extremely hot weather. In the southeastern section of the state, the snake inhabits sand ridges, pine flatwoods, beach dunes, and other dry, open, sandy habitats. In 1999, Beane became the first person in North Carolina to radio-track a coachwhip. His article records the experience.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 71 Issue 9, Sept 2007,
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10065
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Beane discusses the differences between frogs and toads and the state's six toads--the American, Fowler's, Southern, oak, Eastern narrowmouth, and Eastern spadefoot.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 72 Issue 5, May 2008,
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10152
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Beane discusses the pygmy rattlesnake, sistrurus, which is North Carolina's smallest venomous snake.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 72 Issue 6, June 2008,
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10513
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North Carolina contains dozens of animals and plants that are found nowhere else. Among them are the Waccamaw Amnicola, Cape Fear shiner, and Carolina madtom.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 72 Issue 11, Nov 2008,
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11337
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North Carolina is home to seven tree frogs: Cope's gray, gray, squirrel, green, pine woods, pine barrens, and barking. Their arboreal adaptations include long limbs and large adhesive toe pads.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 73 Issue 7, July 2009,
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13341
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North Carolina's amphibian diversity rivals that of any place on Earth, with more than ninety species living across the state.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 74 Issue 12, Dec 2010,
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16680
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North Carolina is known for its salamander diversity; however one stands out from the rest and that is the Eastern hellbender. It inhabits clean, cold rivers and larger streams, and in the state they are found in the western mountain rivers. They can measure up to two feet and have a brown mottled coloration.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 76 Issue 3, May/June 2012,
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20292
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Just because a snake is tiny doesn't mean it's a baby snake. North Carolina, for example, has at least nine species that can reach maturity at less than a foot in length. They are the worm snake, brown snake, red-belly snake, rough earth snake, smooth earth snake, southeastern crowned snake, ringneck snake, pine woods snake, and black swamp snake.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 77 Issue 4, Jul/Aug 2013,
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20832
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The coachwhip has a record length of 8 1/2 feet, with six feet being more typical. It is the state's longest snake and it is limited to Southeastern section. It feeds on small mammals, birds, lizards, and other snakes.
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20979
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Jeff Beane, Collections Manager for Herpetology at the NC Museum of Natural Science, explains what a herpetologist does in the wintertime.
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21037
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Beane explains how some creatures inhabiting our state--animals, snakes, amphibians--that lack claws, fangs, size, and protective armor, uses other devices to protect themselves. Some, such as opossums, make like carrion. Others, for example, hognose snakes, hedgehogs, and skunks, exude or excrete certain items that turn a would-be predators stomach.
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Ticks, mosquitoes, leeches, and fleas may not be among your favorite creatures on the planet, but they all have one thing in common--they see people and animals as a food source, especially that nutritious elixir known as blood. Beane describes some of these blood suckers.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 78 Issue 4, Jul/Aug 2014,
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22595
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Alvin Braswell has retired after over forty years as curator of herpetology of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Beginning his career in 1968, Braswell has mentored students and published comprehensive volumes on the reptiles and amphibians of North Carolina.
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23074
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North Carolina is home to both Dwarf and Neuse River Waterdogs, amphibious, permanently aquatic salamanders whose habitats are in the rivers of piedmont and coastal North Carolina. The history, life facts, and protection of the waterdogs are discussed in this article.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 79 Issue 3, May/June 2015,
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28587
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Reptiles and amphibians don’t wander aimlessly. They know where they are, what they are doing, and everything else about their home range. Home ranges for reptiles and amphibians, their homes, territories, and behaviors are detailed.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 81 Issue 3, May-June 2017,
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