Iguana 10.4 b&w text 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 Tennesee, Knoxville, TN AJ Gutman, Executive Secretary and Associate Editor of IGUANA West Harford, 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 encourage 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 coopera- tion with U.S. and international governmental and private agencies; (2) promote educational efforts related to the preservation of biodiversity; (3) build connections between individuals and the academic, zoo, and conservation com- munities, 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, cap- tive 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 ©2003 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 Conservation of iguanas and their habitats is the principal component of the IIS Statement of Purpose (printed in full just below this note). That also has been a recurring theme in every issue of the Iguana Times and will continue to be the predominant message in IGUANA. However, conservation is not merely something about which to write and read. Conservation requires action in the form of education, financial support, and sometimes even getting one’s hands dirty. The IIS is actively engaged in all of those endeavors. In the past few months, representa- tives of the Society have carried an educational message from coast to coast: from Jacksonville, Florida to Seattle, Washington and East Palo Alto, California (see Newsbriefs in this and the pre- vious issue of IGUANA). The Society has provided financial assistance to aid in developing a cap- tive breeding program for Jamaican Iguanas at the Hope Zoo in Kingston (see Newsbriefs). We are monitoring and working closely with conservation agencies and organizations concerned with iguanas. Most recently, IIS representatives participated in the IUCN/SSC Iguana Specialist Group (ISG) meeting in the Turks and Caicos Islands, which included a Conservation & Management workshop for Cyclura carinata (a full report will be featured in the March issue of IGUANA). And IIS members prove again and again that they’re willing to dirty their hands for worthy causes; see, for example, the Newsbriefs and the Letter from the President. Although every individual involved pays his or her own way or is supported by their home institution, the IIS message they spread is possible only through the support of the Society’s members. Even if you have never stood in front of an audience and talked about iguanas, written a check to sup- port an iguana conservation program, or traveled to the tropics to study or monitor a popula- tion of iguanas, you are a vital link in these efforts. Bob Powell, AJ Gutman, and John Binns