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Editors
Robert Powell
Executive Editor 
Avila University, Kansas City, MO

AJ Gutman
Editor
West Hartford, CT

Gad Perry
Associate Editor
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Michael Ripca
Art Director
Atco, NJ

John Binns
Graphics/Photography
International Reptile Conservation
Foundation, San Jose, CA

Sandy Binns
Services Coordinator
International Reptile Conservation
Foundation, San Jose, CA

Editorial Board

Allison C. Alberts
Zoological Society of San Diego

Frederic J. Burton
Blue Iguana Recovery Program

Arthur C. Echternacht
University of Tennessee

L. Lee Grismer
La Sierra University

Robert W. Henderson
Milwaukee Public Museum

John B. Iverson
Earlham College

Charles R. Knapp
Zoological Society of San Diego

Gunther Köhler
Senckenberg Museum

Kenneth L. Krysko
Florida State Museum of 
Natural History

Jan Ramer
Indianapolis Zoo

Thomas Wiewandt
Wild Horizons

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The International Reptile Conservation Foundation works to conserve reptiles and
the natural habitats and ecosystems that support them.

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in IGUANA. General articles can deal with any aspect of reptilian biology, including conservation, behavior, ecology,
physiology, systematics, or husbandry. Submission of photographs to accompany articles is encouraged. Manuscripts
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Copyright © 2008 by the International Reptile Conservation Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this journal may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, includ-
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Editors’ Remarks
All of us who have had the privilege of working for and with the Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas as mem-
bers of the various Team Blue crews and in other roles know that caring for these animals has the capac-
ity to bring out the best in us: Compassion, generosity, and devotion to a cause greater than ourselves.
The individuals that were murdered were beloved by people around the world. They each had their own
histories, habits, and endearing quirks. Sara, Jessica, Eldemire, Yellow, Digger, Pedro, and Matthias had
learned to trust their caretakers and were unprepared to expect anything from humans other than kind-
ness. Acts as wanton and merciless as these murders are beyond comprehension, and I find that I feel
pity for the people who committed them. How small must be their hearts and how closed their minds
that they could not recognize the nature of the creatures they were brutalizing, that they could not appre-
ciate them and be enriched by that experience as many of us have.

AJ Gutman

ERRATUM: In IGUANA 15(1): 20–23, Brad Lock stated that he hoped that this breeding season would
result in the first fertile eggs of the Guatemalan Beaded Lizard (Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti) pro-
duced “in captivity” instead of at Zoo Atlanta. Guatemalan Beaded Lizards have been bred successfully
on two occasions at the San Diego Zoo (see IGUANA 13(3): 212-215).

IRCF
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