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

AJ Gutman
Editor
Bloomfield, CT

Gad Perry
Associate Editor
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Jackie Forbus
Assistant 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

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

The International Reptile Conservation Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit 501 c(3) California corporation.

Membership Information
IGUANA, the Journal of The International Reptile Conservation Foundation, is distributed quarterly.

Annual Rates:
Individual U.S. Membership  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00
Individual Membership, Digital (Adobe PDF)*  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00
Institutional U.S. Subscription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30.00
International Membership (including Canada)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55.00
International Institutional Subscription  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60.00

Additional copies are available upon request at $6.00 each plus postage. 

*The Adobe PDF is optimized for web publishing and does not provide the quality and resolution of the archival
printed version, especially noticeable in photographs and complex graphics.

www.IRCF.org
Join Online at: www.IRCF.org

Membership Questions?
Email: info@IRCF.org, or contact Sandy at 408-270-3886, or write to: IRCF, 3010 Magnum Drive, San Jose, CA 95135

Solicitations
The IRCF encourages contribution of articles, letters to the Editor, news items, and announcements for publication
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
may be submitted via e-mail (send to AJ@IRCF.org).  Authors of one page or more of print will receive a free copy
of the journal in which their contribution appears, and will receive a PDF file of their article for distribution.

Donations
For any donations, please include your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address. 

Advertising Policy
We advertise only non-living products (except feeder insects). For advertising rates and options contact Sandy Binns,
Advertising Director, at SB@IRCF.org or 3010 Magnum Drive, San Jose, CA 95135.

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-
ing information storage and retrieval systems, without the publisher’s written permission. Iguana, Conservation, Natural History, and Husbandry of Reptiles (ISSN 1098-6324) is published quarterly by the
International Reptile Conservation Foundation, a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, 3010 Magnum Drive, San Jose, CA. Periodical postage paid at San Jose, CA.

Editors’ Remarks

Changes are coming to IGUANA, some of them big and most of them in response to comments from
you. For one thing, our name will be changing in 2009! To better reflect the IRCF Statement of Purpose
(see below), the name of the journal will become CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY OF
REPTILES. Although many of our regular features will continue, a new section called “Conservation
Alert” begins with the issue you are now holding. The exquisite photographs we feature will continue —
in this issue, photographs by Michael Kern grace the centerfold and back cover. In addition, because many
of you who responded to our recent questionnaire indicated that more color photographs would enhance
the journal, we are pleased to announce that, beginning with the first issue of 2009, we will feature color
throughout. Finally, we will be expanding our focus to include more information about amphibians. We
hope you appreciate these changes. Please don’t wait until we send another questionnaire to let us know
how you feel about our efforts, to suggest improvements, and — as always — to provide content that edu-
cates, entertains, and promotes the study and conservation of reptiles and amphibians and their habitats.

The Editors of IGUANA

IRCF
International Reptile Conservation Foundation




