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IGUANA  •  VOLUME 14, NUMBER 2  •  JUNE 2007 65TABLE OF CONTENTS

IRCF
International Reptile Conservation Foundation

TABLE OF CONTENTS

F E A T U R E  A R T I C L E S
Natural History and Conservation of the Sand Dune Lizard (Liolaemus multimaculatus)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federico Kacoliris 66

Conservation of Green Anacondas: How Tylenol Conservation and Macroeconomics 
Threaten the Survival of the World’s Largest Snake  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesus Rivas 74

Species Profile: Amazon Treeboa (Corallus hortulanus)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert W. Henderson 85
Serpent in the Clouds: Research and Conservation Efforts for the Boelen’s Python (Morelia boeleni)  . . . . . . . . Ari R. Flagle 86
The Little Snake That Could: Butler’s Garter Snake in Wisconsin  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howard Aprill 94

P R O F I L E
Glenn P. Gerber: Doing It His Way  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arthur C. Echternacht, Allison C. Alberts, and Gene Gerber 100

T R A V E L O G U E
Destination Bangladesh: From the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ali Reza 106

H I S T O R I C A L  P E R S P E C T I V E S
The Rattlesnake and Natural Selection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.S. Shaler 115

Use of the Rattles of the Rattlesnake  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.G. Henderson 117
The Rattle of the Rattlesnake  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samuel Aughey 119

C O M M E N T A R Y
What Do We Lose If We Lose the Frogs?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeffrey P. Bonner 122

B O O K  R E V I E W
Biology of the Boas and Pythons by Robert W. Henderson and Robert Powell (eds.)  . . . Larry David Wilson and Josiah H. Townsend 125

CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Reptilian Natural History  . . . . . . . 131
NEWSBRIEFS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
OBITUARY: Hy Marx  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harold K. Voris and Alan Resetar 135
IRCF ON THE MOVE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Editorial Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Critically endangered Ctenosaura melanosterna is known only from the Rio Aguan Valley in northern Honduras and Cayos Cochinos off the
Caribbean coast of Honduras. Extent of occurrence and area of occupancy are both estimated at less than 100 km2. The total population size is
not known, but is thought to be fewer than 2,500 mature individuals. The population is severely fragmented, with an estimated 10–15 isolated
subpopulations. Main threats to the species are habitat loss and collecting for the international pet trade. A future population decline of at least
30% is probable if current rates of habitat loss continue.

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