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In This Issue...
FEATURES:
Searching for Banded Iguanas in the Lau Islands, Eastern Fiji  
Peter Harlow  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

The History of Banded Iguanas in United States Collections 
John Kinkaid  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Introduced Iguanas in Southern Florida: 
A History of More Than 35 Years 
Josiah H. Townsend, Kenneth L. Krysko, and Kevin M. Enge  . . . . .111

Species Profile: Nile Monitors (Varanus niloticus) in Florida 
Todd Campbell  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

The Iguana Rescue Dilemma 
AJ Gutman  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

If Iguanas Could Speak 
Andy Gogakis  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

HUSBANDRY:
Green Iguana Management and Husbandry
Stephen L. Barten, DVM  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

PROFILE:
Allison Alberts: A Consumate Conservationist 
Tandora Grant  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES:
Iguanas of the Galápagos Islands
Franz Werner, with extensive quotations from Charles Darwin  . . .145

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:  
Franz Werner (1867–1939)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

BOOK REVIEW:
Islands and the Sea: Essays on Herpetological Exploration in
the West Indies
Rick Hudson  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

IGUANA NEWSBRIEFS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
EDITORIAL INFORMATION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Fijian Banded Iguana (Brachylopus fasciatus). See

Monitors, Green Iguanas, and Spiny-tailed Iguanas,
such as Ctenosaura similis (above), have taken up
residence in Florida. See articles on pages 111 and

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Iguana management and husbandry. See article on
page 129.




