Spiny-tailed Iguanas (Ctenosaura similis) in Venezuela
Spiny-tailed Iguanas (Ctenosaura similis) in Venezuela
Spiny-tailed Iguanas (Ctenosaura similis) in Venezuela
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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
IGUANA • VOLUME 15, NUMBER 3 • SEPTEMBER 2008 129<br />
IRCF<br />
International Reptile Conservation Foundation<br />
TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
FEATURE ARTICLES<br />
An Annotated Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Dom<strong>in</strong>ica, West Indies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />
. . . . . . . . . . .Esther A. Daniells, Jeffrey W. Ackley, Ruth E. Carter, Peter J. Muelleman, Seth M. Rudman,Patrick A. Turk,<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nelson J. Vélez Esp<strong>in</strong>et, Lauren A. White, and Natalie N. Wyszynski 130<br />
Ecology and Traditional Use of the Guatemalan Black Iguana (<strong>Ctenosaura</strong> palearis) <strong>in</strong> the Dry Forests<br />
of the Motagua Valley, Guatemala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paola Cotí and Daniel Ariano-Sánchez 142<br />
Gharial Reproduction and Mortality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suresh Chaudhari 150<br />
A Predation Attempt Gone Awry: Defensive Constriction of a Predator by a Dom<strong>in</strong>ican Racer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Mitchell and Lyndon Pr<strong>in</strong>ce 154<br />
Exploitation of the Night-light Niche by a Dom<strong>in</strong>ican Racer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Powell and Robert W. Henderson 156<br />
Juvenile Pattern and Ontogenetic Pattern Changes <strong>in</strong> Dom<strong>in</strong>ican Racers . . . . . . . . Lauren A. White and Peter J. Muelleman 157<br />
<strong>Sp<strong>in</strong>y</strong>-<strong>tailed</strong> <strong>Iguanas</strong> (<strong>Ctenosaura</strong> <strong>similis</strong>) <strong>in</strong> <strong>Venezuela</strong>: A Prelim<strong>in</strong>ary Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .César Luis Barrio-Amorós and Gilson Rivas-Fuenmayor 160<br />
TRAVELOGUE<br />
Most by Land, Some by Sea: Photograph<strong>in</strong>g the Obscure <strong>in</strong> Dom<strong>in</strong>ica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeffrey W. Ackley 162<br />
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES<br />
Snake Eats Snake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.W. Kempton 170<br />
Snake Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. W.A. Kellerman 172<br />
A Salamander-Snake Fight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.S. Diller 172<br />
COMMENTARIES<br />
A Burmese Python Could Be More Than A Pest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Whitfield Gibbons 173<br />
The Decl<strong>in</strong>e of the Natural-History Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas H. Benton 175<br />
CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177<br />
NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Reptilian Natural History . . . . . . .179<br />
NEWSBRIEFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181<br />
IRCF on the Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186<br />
EDITORIAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187<br />
FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188<br />
Notice!<br />
2008 Guatemalan<br />
Fieldtrip and Excursion<br />
10–17 October<br />
Visit the IRCF website for details:<br />
www.IRCF.org/projectheloderma/Fieldtrip2008.php
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