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IGUANA  •  VOLUME 14, NUMBER 4  •  DECEMBER 2007 213TABLE 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
Giants in the Rainforest: A Radiotelemetry Study of the Amethystine Python 

in North Queensland, Australia  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alastair Freeman and Amanda Freeman 214
Ecology and Conservation of the Lesser Antillean Iguana (Iguana delicatissima)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Knapp 222
Predation on a Tarantula (Cyrtopholis bartholomaei) by a Puerto Rican Ground Lizard (Ameiva exsul)  . . . . . . Luis O. Nieves 226

M E E T I N G  R E P O R T
2006 Meeting of the Iguana Specialist Group (ISG)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Blue Iguana Recovery Program Update  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred Burton
Notes on the Distribution of Cyclura ricordii and Problems Facing the Species  . . . . . . . . .Ernst Rupp, Sixto Incháustegui, and Yvonne Arias
Turks and Caicos Iguana, 2006 Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glenn Gerber, Lee Pagni, and Allison Alberts
Jamaican Iguana Recovery Project  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Byron Wilson and Rick Van Veen
Anegada Iguana 2006 Conservation and Research Update  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glenn Gerber, Lee Pagni, and Kelly Bradley
Mona Island Iguana: Reports on Ecology, Conservation, and Blindness 

 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Néstor Pérez-Buitrago, Keysa Rosas, Stephan Funk, Miguel García, Alberto Álvarez, and Owen McMillan
Problem Assessment and Control of the Introduced Cuban Iguana (Cyclura nubila nubila) on Isla Magueyes 

 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alberto Álvarez, Néstor Pérez-Buitrago, Maria Andrade-Núñez, and Miguel García-Bermúdez
2006 Research Update for Allen Cays Iguanas  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Iverson
Preliminary Diet Analyses for Cyclura cychlura inornata and Cyclura cychlura figginsi: 

Assessing Potential Impacts of Tourist Feeding  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kirsten Hines
Taxon Reports for Cyclura cychlura and Future Research Plans for Iguana iguana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Knapp
The Conservation of Iguana delicatissima in Martinique and a Future Action Plan for the French West Indies 

 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean-Francois Maillard and Michel Breuil
St. Lucia Iguana 2006 Project Update  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Morton
Fijian Crested Iguana Update  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Harlow
Evolution of Spiny-tailed Iguanas (Genus Ctenosaura): How Identification of Species Groups and their Relationships 

Can Help with Conservation Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry Buckley, Katelyn Pagel, and Oscar Flores Villela
Molecular Analysis of the Ctenosaura melanosterna Clade: Insights into Phylogeography, Speciation, and Conservation . . . .Stesha Pasachnik
Black Iguana Project 2006 Update: Genetics, Demography, and Feeding 

 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor Reynoso, Eugenia Zarza-Franco, Wendoli Medina Mantecón, and Pilar Rueda Zozaya
Report on Ctenosaura palearis in Guatemala  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Binns
Update on Iguaninae Phylogeography and Phylogenetics  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catherine Stephen
Using Coalescent-Based Analyses of Multilocus Microsatellite Data to Estimate the Past and 

Recent Population Histories of Three Species of Caribbean Rock Iguanas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Modi, Glenn Gerber, 
 . . . . . . . . .Charles Knapp, Jennie Lau, Maggie Reinbold, Leona Chemnick, Oliver Ryder, Peter Andolfatto, and Catherine Stephen

A Model for Protecting Island Ecosystems Using Integrated Regional Conservation Programs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brad Keitt
Does Education Really Help Conservation? Lessons from Two Cyclura Conservation Programs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lee Pagni
Indianapolis Zoo Reports First Jamaican Iguana Breeding in the United States  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Reams and Jan Ramer

H I S T O R I C A L  P E R S P E C T I V E S

Two Early Reports of Intentionally Released Reptiles  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

C O M M E N T A R I E S
Six Wonders are Enough  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leonard Krishtalka 256
The Ongoing Privatization of Public Universities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gad Perry, Steve Mackessy, Jack Sites, and Neil Ford 257

B O O K  R E V I E W S
Herpetological History of the Zoo and Aquarium World by James B. Murphy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph R. Mendelson III 259
Hispaniola: A Photographic Journey through Island Biodiversity by Eladio Fernández  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Powell 260

CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Reptilian Natural History  . . . . . . . 260
NEWSBRIEFS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
OBITUARY: Peter Vogel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
IRCF on the Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
EDITORIAL INFORMATION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276




