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IGUANA  •  VOLUME 14, NUMBER 1  •  MARCH 2007 1TABLE 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
Ricord’s Iguana (Cyclura ricordii) on the Southern Shore of Lago Enriquillo, Dominican Republic 

 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ernst Rupp, Sixto Incháustegui, and Yvonne Arias 2

Species Profile: Hispaniolan Lesser Racer (Antillophis parvifrons)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert W. Henderson 7

Studying a Population of Texas Horned Lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum) in an Urban/Military Environment 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Raymond W. Moody, Debora A. Endriss, Eric C. Hellgren, and Stanley F. Fox 8

The Gharial: Going Extinct Again  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Romulus Whitaker 24

H U S B A N D R Y
Aspects of Light and Reptilian Immunity  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henry Brames 18

P R O F I L E
Been There, Done That: A Profile of James B. Murphy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David T. Roberts 34

T R A V E L O G U E S
A Costa Rican Adventure  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janelle M. Pansza 38

From Here It’s Possible: A Texan Visits the Tropics  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaela E. Champlin 42

H I S T O R I C A L  P E R S P E C T I V E
Notes on Iguanids and Varanids in a Mixed Exhibit at Dallas Zoo  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James B. Murphy 45

C O M M E N T A R Y
Collecting Animals from Nature  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Powell 47

B O O K  R E V I E W
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the 

Making of His Theory of Evolution by David Quammen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy Cervetti 52

CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Reptilian Natural History  . . . . . . . 56

NEWSBRIEFS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

OBITUARY: Alison Haskell  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

IRCF ON THE MOVE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Editorial Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Critically endangered Red-crowned Roofed Turtles (Kachuga kachuga) occur primarily in the watershed of the Ganges River, where they are
affected by some of the same threats as the Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus; see story on p. 2).

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