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IGUANA  •  VOLUME 12, NUMBER 4  •  DECEMBER 2005 221TABLE OF CONTENTS

Although once widely distributed on Hispaniola, the only remaining large population of American Crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) in the Dominican
Republic is in Lago Enriquillo (see travelogue, p. 256).

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International Reptile Conservation Foundation

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

F E A T U R E  A R T I C L E
Conservation of Cyclura ricordii in the Southwestern Dominican Republic 

and a Brief History of the Grupo Jaragua  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ernst Rupp, Sixto Incháustegui, and Yvonne Arias 222

Ecotones and Hybrid Zones: Implications for Conservation 
Illustrated by Ground-dwelling Lizards from Hispaniola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew E. Gifford 234

The World’s Most Endangered Anole? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexander Gutsche 240

Laws Governing the Importation and Exportation of Reptiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Compiled by the Editorial Board 244

H U S B A N D R Y
Captive Care of Monitors Part II: Diet and Reproduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bernd Eidenmüller 246

P R O F I L E
The Faces of Grupo Jaragua  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan Ramer 252

T R A V E L O G U E
The Rock Iguanas of Parque Nacional Isla Cabritos  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barb L. Banbury and Yanerys M. Ramo 256

Species Profile: Hispaniolan Vinesnakes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Powell and Robert W. Henderson 262

H I S T O R I C A L  P E R S P E C T I V E S
Herpetology of Hispaniola (Introduction)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doris M. Cochran 263

Biographical Sketch: Doris M. Cochran  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

C O M M E N T A R Y
The Case Against Captive Reptiles and Amphibians  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann-Elizabeth (Ae) Nash 269

B O O K  R E V I E W
The Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dutch Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten

by Robert Powell, Robert W. Henderson, and John S. Parmerlee, Jr.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arthur C. (Sandy) Echternacht 273

CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS (Summaries of Published Articles)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
NEWSBRIEFS (Summaries of Published Reports)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
IUCN Iguana Specialist Group Meeting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
EDITORIAL INFORMATION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284