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DURHAM, NC · TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2026 · LIBRARY
LIZARDS!
LIZARDS! Who? What? Where? When? Why? One of our native species is considered highly invasive in Japan... Three species are legless... Eleven native species and three introduced species with potential…
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Fig. 01 — Main Auditorium, Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St)
About the event
LIZARDS!
Who? What? Where? When? Why?
One of our native species is considered highly invasive in Japan...
Three species are legless...
Eleven native species and three introduced species with potentially more on the way...
Three species will “shatter” like glass and lose their tails...
All species are filled with chromatophores but the types, arrangement and concentration varies between the species...
Who are the legless glass lizards? What types of food do lizards eat? Where do most lizards like to live? When do lizards change their color? Why do lizards lose their tails?
Join Jeff Beane, Herpetology Collection Manager for the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, to learn more about our reptile neighbors!
Jeff Beane is Herpetology Collection Manager for the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, where he has been employed since 1985. A native of Asheboro, he holds a B.S. in Zoology from North Carolina State University (1982) and has authored many popular and scientific natural history publications, including Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia, 2nd Edition (UNC Press, 2010). His interests include virtually anything pertaining to natural history or conservation, especially Sandhills and Longleaf Pine ecosystem ecology and the natural history, zoogeography, and conservation of amphibians and reptiles in North Carolina and the Southeast.
Tuesday June 23rd starting at 6 p.m. in the Durham County Main Library auditorium located at 300 North Roxboro Street in Durham.
There will be no live animals at this event.
Parking is available in the library parking lot or at the North Queen Street Garage located at 115 North Queen Street which is behind the apartments directly across the street from the library. Parking at the garage is free. Please bring your parking ticket to a service point for validation.
Registration is appreciated to receive an email reminder, cancellation link, and program updates. Seating is first come first served. Registration does not hold or guarantee a seat.
Questions? Email mkoslofsky@dconc.gov
Image description: The Southeastern Five-lined Skink has a distinctive blue tail and striped body and is known for its swiftness and ability to lose its tail.
Image Attribution: Southeastern Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon inexpectatus) by evangrimes
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