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I.I.S. Board of Directors
Joseph Wasilewski, President
Homestead, FL

Joseph Burgess, Vice-president
Jacksonville, FL

A.C. Echternacht, Ph.D., Treasurer
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

AJ Gutman, Executive Secretary and 
Associate Editor of IGUANA
West Hartford, CT

John & Sandy Binns, Directors, Associate Editors
of IGUANA and Internet Operations
International Reptile Conservation Foundation,
San Jose, CA

Gunther Köhler, Ph.D. and Elke Köhler,
Directors
Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum
Senckenberg & Herpeton, Frankfurt, Germany

Robert Powell, Ph.D., Director and Editor of
IGUANA
Avila University, Kansas City, MO

I.I.S. Editorial/Advisory Board
Allison C. Alberts, Ph.D.
IUCN/SSC Iguana Specialist Group and
Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, CA

John Bendon, Illustrator for IGUANA
Bath, England

Gordon M. Burghardt, Ph.D.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Frederic J. Burton
Blue Iguana Recovery Program, Grand Cayman,
Cayman Islands

Jorge Ferrari
Organización de Rescate y Protección de Reptiles
y Anfibios, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Matthias Goetz, Dipl.-Biol.
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Jersey, 
British Isles

Alexander Gutsche, Dipl.-Biol.
Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany

Richard Hudson
International Iguana Foundation and 
Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Worth, TX

John B. Iverson, Ph.D.
Earlham College, Richmond, IN

Chuck Knapp
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Michael Ripca, Managing Editor of IGUANA
Leaping Lizards Graphic Design, Atco, NJ

Thomas Wiewandt, Ph.D.
Wild Horizons, Tucson, AZ

Founder
Robert W. Ehrig
Big Pine Key, FL

Statement of Purpose
The International Iguana Society, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to preserving the biological diversity of iguanas.
We believe that the best way to protect iguanas and other native plants and animals is to preserve natural habitats and to encour-
age development of sustainable economies compatible with the maintenance of biodiversity. To this end, we will: (1) engage in
active conservation, initiating, assisting, and funding conservation efforts in cooperation with U.S. and international governmen-
tal and private agencies; (2) promote educational efforts related to the preservation of biodiversity; (3) build connections between
individuals and the academic, zoo, and conservation communities, providing conduits for education and for involving the general
public in efforts to preserve endangered species; and (4) encourage the dissemination and exchange of information on the ecology,
population biology, behavior, captive husbandry, taxonomy, and evolution of iguanas.

Membership Information
Iguana, the Journal of The International Iguana Society, is distributed quarterly to members and member organizations.
Annual dues:
Individual U.S. and Canadian Membership  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00
Individual Foreign Membership  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35.00
U.S. and Canadian Organizational Membership*  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35.00
Foreign Organizational Membership*  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45.00

(*receives double copies of Iguana)
Additional copies are available at a cost of $6.00 including postage. 

JOIN ON-LINE AT:  www.IguanaSociety.org

Membership questions? Call AJ at 860-236-8203, or write to: The International Iguana Society, Inc., 133 Steele
Road, West Hartford, CT 06119

Solicitations
Members of the I.I.S. are encouraged to contribute articles, letters to the Editor, news items, and announcements for publication
in IGUANA. General articles can deal with any aspect of iguana biology, including conservation, behavior, ecology, physiology,
systematics, or husbandry. Submission of photographs to accompany articles is encouraged.

Manuscripts may be submitted via e-mail (send to ctenosaura@cyclura.com). For any contribution, please include your name,
address, phone number, and e-mail address. Authors of one page or more of print are entitled to five copies of the issue in which
their article appears.

Advertising Policy of IGUANA
We advertise only non-living products (except feeder insects). All products have been examined and been found to be high quality
and fairly priced. Contact Sandy Binns, Advertising Director, at sandy@cyclura.com or 3010 Magnum Drive, San Jose, CA 95135.

IGUANA Copyright ©2004 by The International Iguana Society, Inc., 133 Steele Road, West Hartford, CT 06119 USA. ISSN # 1098-6324. The contents of IGUANA, excluding Research Articles, Research Updates, and reprinted articles,
may be reproduced for inclusion in the newsletters of other herpetological societies, provided the material is reproduced without change and with appropriate credits, and a copy of the publication is sent to The International Iguana Society.
Occasional exceptions may be made to this policy.

Editors’ Remarks
Long-time readers of IGUANA will have noticed regularly appearing features in recent issues addressing
husbandry, profiles of notable “iguana persons,” historical perspectives, biographical sketches, book
reviews, and, less regularly, species profiles about non-iguanid reptiles or amphibians found in areas where
iguanas live. The husbandry feature serves an obvious purpose, namely to facilitate proper care of iguanas
in captivity. Because many of our readers maintain captive iguanas and many others became involved
initially in iguana conservation or research as a consequence of interacting with captive iguanas, this fea-
ture is devoted to the core of our reading audience. Note that husbandry features, although often focused
on a particular type of iguana, present information that often is widely applicable to many species.
However, some caution is advised. For example, some important differences apply to the care of Green
Iguanas (Iguana iguana) and Black or Spiny-tailed Iguanas (Ctenosaura spp.) or even to different species
of ctenosaurs (see Husbandry, p. 39).

The purpose for including historical perspectives may be less evident. George Santayana, a notable
philosopher, coined the phrase, “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Many
of the historical features presented so far date to the turn of the 20th Century and are notable in that the
scientists often expressed disdain for iguanas, with the notable exception of their gustatory qualities. That
the most enlightened minds of that day were unable to anticipate the inevitable impact that such atti-
tudes would have on future generations of iguanas speaks eloquently to the failure to anticipate the dra-
matic growth of the human population and its generally negative effects on natural habitats and the
wildlife that inhabits them. Sadly, such attitudes remain prevalent in the 21st Century, especially among
policy-makers, whose views rarely extend beyond the next election or quarterly statement. If Santayana’s
prediction holds, wildlife populations will continue to disappear at alarming rates — and only educa-
tion and the resultant awareness can evoke the necessary changes to curb this distressing trend. Future
perspectives will continue to illustrate this recurring theme, but also will provide insights into the research
that has caused at least some scientists and other concerned citizens to call for reforms.

In the next issue, we’ll discuss profiles of individuals who have made important contributions to our
knowledge of iguanas and of species who co-exist with iguanas in complex biotic communities.

Bob Powell, AJ Gutman, and John Binns


