Research collaborator
Laboratory of behavioral ecology and conservation
Kent R. Beaman, MA
Section of Herpetology
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone: (909) 796-1861
Fax: (909) 796-1861
Email: Heloderma@adelphia.net
Kent Beaman is a research associate in the Section of Herpetology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (LACM). He also operates his own environmental consulting firm, Beaman Biological Consulting, in Southern California, and holds an adjunct faculty position in the life science department at Riverside Community College. He works closely with Dr. Hayes and his students on their rattlesnake projects and is co-organizer of the January 2005 Biology of the Rattlesnakes Symposium.
Kent has published articles on a wide range of topics in herpetology, including three rattlesnake accounts for the Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles: Baja Rattlesnake (Crotalus enyo), Santa Catalina Island Rattleless Rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis), and Tortuga Island Rattlesnake (Crotalus tortugensis).
Photographing amphibians in Southern California. Photograph: William K. Hayes.
Education
1985 MA, biology, Loma Linda University, California
1981 BS, biology, Loma Linda University, California
Nocturnal amphibian survey. Photograph: William K. Hayes.
Current projects
A Distributional Checklist of the Herpetofauna of the San Bernardino Mountains
Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles Accounts on the Red Diamond Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber), Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox), and Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)
Examining museum specimens. Photograph: Jeffrey A. Seigel.
Selected publications
Rhodin, A.G.J., K.R. Beaman, and L.A. DiConza. In press. Bibliotheca Testudinum. A synoptic and indexed bibliographic database of Chelonian scientific literature from pre-Linnaean to current references, including citations of all living and extinct turtles (Order Testudinidae). Vol. 1 - Alphabetic Bibliography; Vol. 2 - Annotated Index.
Beaman, K.R., D.D. Beck, and B.M. McGurty. 2006. The Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) and Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum): An annotated bibliography of the family Helodermatidae. Smithsonian Herpetol. Infor. Serv., No. 136. PDF reprint (358 K)
Beaman, K.R., D.M. Goodward, N.T. Moorhatch, and C.W. Brown. 2005. Geographic Distribution: Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean House Gecko). Herpetol. Rev. 36(1):79. PDF reprint (60 K)
Goldberg, S.R., K.R. Beaman, and E.A. Dugan. 2005. Notes on reproduction in the Mexican west coast rattlesnake, Crotalus basiliscus (Serpentes: Viperidae). Texas J. Sci. 57:197-201. PDF reprint (240 K)
Beaman, K.R., and C.L. Spencer. 2004. Crotalus tortugensis. Cat. Am. Amph. Rept. 798:1-5. PDF reprint (526 K)
Beaman, K.R., J.Q. Richmond, and L.L. Grismer. 2004. Eumeces lagunensis (San Lucan Skink). Cat. Am. Amph. Rept. 792:1-3.
Goldberg, S.R., and K.R. Beaman. 2004. Reproduction in the San Lucan alligator lizard, Elgaria paucicarinata (Anguidae) from Baja California Sur, Mexico. Bull. So. California Acad. Sci. 103(2). PDF reprint (110 K)
Beaman, K.R., and D.J. Reining. 2003. Natural History Notes: Behavior - Elgaria multicarinata (Southern Alligator Lizard). Herpetol. Rev. 34(4):368. PDF reprint (220 K)
Beaman, K.R., D.R. Toohey, and G.T. Crandall. 2003. Natural History Notes: Albinism - Sauromalus obesus (Common Chuckwalla). Herpetol. Rev. 34(3):246. PDF reprint (236 K)
Goldberg, S.R., and K.R. Beaman. 2003. Natural History Notes: Reproduction - Elgaria panamintina (Panamint Alligator Lizard). Herpetol. Rev. 34(2):143. PDF reprint (126 K)
Goldberg, S.R., and K.R. Beaman. 2003. Reproduction in the Baja California rattlesnake, Crotalus enyo (Serpentes: Viperidae). Bull. So. California Acad. Sci. 102(1):39-42. PDF reprint (225 K)
Goldberg, S.R., and K.R. Beaman. 2003. Natural History Notes: Reproduction - Santa Catalina Island Rattleless Rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis). Herpetol. Rev. 34(4):249-250. PDF reprint (250 K)
Goldberg, S.R., C.R. Bursey, and K.R. Beaman. 2003. Natural History Notes: Crotalus enyo (Baja California Rattlesnake). Endoparasites. Herpetol. Rev. 34(1):64-65.
Goldberg, S.R., C.R. Bursey, and K.R. Beaman. 2003. First reported occurrence of Porocephalus crotali (Pentastomida: Porcephalida) in the Santa Catalina Island rattleless rattlesnake. California Fish & Game. 89(1):51-53.
Beaman, K.R., and J.M. Harris. 2002. Natural History Notes: Ophiophagy - Masticophis flagellum (Coachwhip). Herpetol. Rev. 33(3):214-215.
Mahrdt, C.R., and K.R. Beaman. 2002. Panamint Alligator Lizard (Elgaria panamintina). Species Account, West Mojave Management Plan, Riverside, California.
McDiarmid, R.W., K. de Queiroz, K. Beaman, B. Crother, R. Etheridge, O. Flores-Villela, D. Frost, L.L. Grismer, B.D. Hollingsworth, M. Kearney, J.A. McGuire, J. Wright, and G. Zug. 2002. Comment on the proposed precedence of the specific name of Euphryne obesus Baird, 1859 over that of Sauromalus ater Duméril, 1856 (Reptilia, Squamata). Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 59(1):45-48.
Beaman, K.R., and N. Wong. 2001. Crotalus catalinensis (Santa Catalina Island Rattleless Rattlesnake). Cat. Am. Amph. Rept. 733:1-4. PDF reprint (571 K)
Mahrdt, C.R., Beaman, K.R., P.C. Rosen, and P.A. Holm. 2001. Chionactis (Shovelnosed Snakes). Cat. Am. Amph. Rept. 730:1-6.
Mahrdt, C.R., Beaman, K.R., P.C. Rosen, and P.A. Holm. 2001. Chionactis occipitalis (Western Shovelnosed Snake). Cat. Am. Amph. Rept. 732:1-12. PDF reprint (1603 K)
Mahrdt, C.R., Beaman, K.R., P.C. Rosen, and P.A. Holm. 2001. Chionactis palarostris (Sonoran Shovelnosed Snake). Cat. Am. Amph. Rept. 731:1-5. PDF reprint (651 K)
Wilcox, M.D., D.A. Wilcox, and K.R. Beaman. 2000. Geographic Distribution: Tantilla yaqui (Yaqui Blackhead Snake). Herpetol. Rev. 31(3):187.
Beaman, K.R. 1999. Book Review: Rattlesnake: Portrait of a Predator by M. Rubio. Herpetology 29(3):7-9.
Beaman, K.R., B.D. Hollingsworth, H.E. Lawler, and C.H. Lowe. 1997. Bibliography of Sauromalus (Dumeril 1856): The Chuckwallas. Smithsonian Herpetol. Info. Serv., No. 116.
Gergus, E.W.A., L.L. Grismer, and K.R. Beaman. 1997. Geographic Distribution: Bufo californicus (Arroyo toad). Herpetol. Rev. 28(1):47.
Banta, B.H, C.R. Mahrdt, and K.R. Beaman. 1996. Elgaria panamintina. Cat. Am. Amph. Rept. 629:1-4. PDF reprint (519 K)
Grismer, L.L., K.R. Beaman, and H.E. Lawler. 1995. Sauromalus hispidus. Cat. Am. Amph. Rept. 615:1-4. PDF reprint (909 K)
Lawler, H.E., K.R. Beaman, and L.L. Grismer. 1995. Sauromalus varius (San Esteban Island Chuckwalla). Cat. Am. Amph. Rept. 616:1-4. PDF reprint (865 K)
Wilcox, M.D., S.J. Myers, K.R. Beaman, and R.L. McKernan. 1995. Geographic Distribution: Xantusia henshawi henshawi (Granite Night Lizard). Herpetol. Rev. 26(2):109.
Beaman, K.R., and L.L. Grismer. 1994. Crotalus enyo (Baja California Rattlesnake). Cat. Am. Amph. Rept. 589:1-6. PDF reprint (1720 K)
Lara-Gongora, G., K.R. Beaman, L.L. Grismer, and H.E. Lawler. 1993. Geographic Distribution: Lampropeltus getula californiae (California Kingsnake). Herpetol. Rev. 24(2):67-68.
Hayes, F.E., W.K. Hayes, K.R. Beaman, and L.E. Harris, Jr. 1992. Sleep-like behaviour in the Galápagos giant tortoise, Geochelone elephantopus. Herpetol. Journal 2:23-26. PDF reprint (250 K)
Beaman, K.R., R.L. Burke, and P.K. Harpel-Burke. 1989. Bibliography of tortoise literature. pp. 126-202. In: I.R. Swingland and M.W. Klemens (eds.), The Conservation Biology of Tortoises. Occas. Pap. IUCN Species Survival Commission, No. 5.
Hayes, F.E., K.R. Beaman, W.K. Hayes, and L.E. Harris, Jr. 1988. Defensive behavior in the Galápagos tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus), with comments on the evolution of insular gigantism. Herpetologica 44(1):11-17. PDF reprint (466 K)
Beaman, K.R. 1985. Bibliography of Geochelone elephantopus. Smithsonian Herpetol. Info. Serv., No. 65.
Hayes, F.E., and K.R. Beaman. 1985. Natural History Notes: Morphology - Galápagos Giant Tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus vandenburghi). Herpetol. Rev. 16(3):81-82.
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