JEFFREY C. BEANE is collections manager of amphibians and reptiles at the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. ALVIN L. BRASWELL is deputy director for operations at the Museum of Natural Sciences. JOSEPH C. MITCHELL is an independent ecologist and head of Mitchell Ecological Research Services, LLC. WILLIAM M. PALMER is curator emeritus of herpetology at the Museum of Natural Sciences. JACK DERMID lives in Wilmington, North Carolina. The late JULIAN R. HARRISON III was professor emeritus of biology at the College of Charleston. The late BERNARD S. MARTOF was professor of zoology at North Carolina State University. The late JOSEPH R. BAILEY was professor of zoology at Duke University.
A truly scientific history of the reptiles and amphibians of our region. . . . Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia will do much to encourage an interest in lizards, turtles, snakes, salamanders, and alligators and allay fears and