3–6 November: Iguana Specialist Group Meeting held online. Presentations shared via Zoom followed by informal networking sessions within the Zoom Breakout Rooms. Sessions were recorded for participants to view after the meeting for two weeks.
Group Discussion topics included:
— ISG Recruitment and Leadership
— Funding Challenges, Strengthening Partnerships, New SSC Chair
— Update on DEAI and Social Media Initiatives
— Education and Outreach Materials Archive
Download: 2025 ISG Meeting Agenda and Abstracts
Attendees
Allison Alberts – International Iguana Foundation, California, USA
Ron Andrew – Division of Forestry and Land Resource Management, Saint Lucia, West Indies
Baptiste Angin – Ardops Environnement, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, French West Indies
Daniel Ariano-Sánchez – Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala
Garry Auguiste – WildDominique, Roseau, Dominica
Chuck Becker – Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
John Bendon – IUCN-UK Committee member, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK
Etienne Bezault – Université des Antilles, Guadeloupe, French West Indies, & WildDominique, Dominica
John Binns – International Reptile Conservation Foundation, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Kelly Bradley – Fort Worth Zoo, Texas, USA
Jeanelle Brisbane – Université des Antilles, Guadeloupe, French West Indies, & WildDominique, Dominica
Tom Brown – Kanahau Wildlife Conservation Organization, Útila, Honduras
Judith Bryja – Independent, Morrison, Colorado, USA
Sandra Buckner – Independent, Nassau, The Bahamas
Paul Bunker – Chiron K9, Somerset, Texas, USA
Joseph Burgess – Gulf Islands National Seashore, National Park Service, Gulf Breeze, Florida
Damany Calder – National Environment and Planning Agency, Kingston, Jamaica
Paul Calle – Wildlife Conservation Society (Emeritus), Bronx, NY USA
Aloysius Charles – Department of Forestry, Saint Lucia, West Indies
Giuliano Colosimo – University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Ken Conley – Disney’s Animals, Science, and Environment, Orlando, Florida, USA
Daniel Cueva – Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Jennifer Daltry – Re:wild and Fauna & Flora
Kevin de Queiroz – National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
Nathalie Duporge – Independent, Le Carbet, Martinique, French West Indies
Zach Dykema – Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA
Andrea Echeverry Alcendra – IUCN SSC Global Center for Species Survival, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Daniel Emanuel – Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
Cielo Figuerola – Island Conservation, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, USA
Susannah French – Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
Miguel Garcia – US Fish and Wildlife Service, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Lorenzo Garizio – University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Glenroy Gaymes – Forestry Department, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Gabriele Gentile – University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Richard Gibson – Auckland Zoo, New Zealand
Johana Gil – Heloderma Natural Reserve, Zacapa, Guatemala
Matt Goetz – Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Trinity, Jersey, Channel Islands
Ashley Goode – Independent, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Tandora Grant – Independent, San Diego, California, USA
Jane Haakonsson – Department of Environment, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Peter Harlow – Independent, New South Wales, Australia
Evert Henningheim – Dutch Iguana Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Julia López-Delgado – University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Jose Luis Herrera – Island Conservation, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, USA
Arica Hill – Fauna & Flora, Americas & Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda
Kirsten Hines – Independent, Miami, Florida, USA
Saphira Hunt – Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Saint Lucia, West Indies
John Iverson – Earlham College, Indiana, USA
Jill Jollay – International Iguana Foundation, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Luke Jones – Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, UK
Rory Keenan – Zoos Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Charles Knapp – John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Kirtana Kumar – University of Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
Catherine Malone – Independent, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Leighton Mamdeen – National Environment and Planning Agency, Kingston, Jamaica
Joey Markx – Dutch Iguana Foundation, The Netherlands
Daisy Maryon – Kanahau Wildlife Conservation Organization, Útila, Honduras
José Luis Matamoros – Fundacion Islas de la Bahia, Útila, Honduras
Philip Mayhew – Albuquerque BioPark, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Adam Mitchell – St. Eustatius National Parks Foundation, Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands
Blaklie Mitchell – Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA
Yoni Muggen-van Uden – Dutch Iguana Foundation, Koningsbosch, Limburg, The Netherlands
Saifudeen Muhammad – Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists Club, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Farah Mukhida – Anguilla National Trust, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies
Ann-Elizabeth Nash – University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, USA
Karin Nelson – University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sophie O’Hehir – University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Cecilia Paradiso – University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Stesha Pasachnik – Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Nancy Pascoe – National Parks Trust of the Virgin Islands, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Kidan Patanant – Independant, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Prakriti Pathak – Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA
Julie Pauwels – Independent, Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe, French West Indies
Cayle Pearson – Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Florida, USA
Paul Perez – Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA
David Iván Pérez Ramírez – El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
Sean Perry – Mississippi Aquarium, Gulfport, Mississippi, USA
Treya Picking – Re:wild, Kingston, Jamaica
Andrea Pizarro – Fauna & Flora, Cambridge, UK
Nakita Poon Kong – Fauna & Flora, Antigua & Barbuda
Elaine Powers – Lyric Power Publishing, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Jess Proctor – Galápagos Conservancy, Washington, DC, USA
Kim Rainwater – Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Jan Ramer – Columbus Zoo and The Wilds, Cumberland, Ohio, USA
Bonnie L. Raphael – Independent, New York City, New York, USA
David Reid – National Environment and Planning Agency, Kingston, Jamaica
Jacobo Reyes-Velasco – HerpMX, Villa de Álvarez, Colima, México
Victor Hugo Reynoso – Pabellón Nacional de la Biodiversidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
Ernst Rupp – Grupo Jaragua, Oviedo, Provincia de Pedernales, Dominican Republic
Ashawnte Russell – Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
Kaysie Ryan – Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Montserrat, West Indies
Stacey Sekscienski – Albuquerque BioPark, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Shania Stephens – National Environment and Planning Agency, Kingston, Jamaica
Alexandra Sumarli – University of California, Riverside, California, USA
Nunia Thomas-Moko – NatureFiji-MareqetiViti, Suva, Fiji
Nadin Thompson – Creature Care, St. Joseph, Trinidad
Wendy Townsend – Independent, Callicoon, New York, USA
Matthijs van den Burg – Independent, Den Haag, South Holland, The Netherlands
Jeroen van Kuijk – Independent, Best, North Brabant, The Netherlands
Jethro van’t Hul – St. Eustatius National Parks Foundation, Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands
Andrea Varela – University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Rick Van Veen – Independent, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Jeannette Victor – Department of Forestry, Saint Lucia, West Indies
Isabel Vique – Re:wild, Cambridge, UK
Nicholas Walker – WildDominique, Roseau, Dominica
Joseph Wasilewski – Natural Selections of South Florida, Homestead, Florida, USA
George Waters – TerraNet Group, Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
Jimmy Wehsener – University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Mark Welch – Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA
Rachel Welt – American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York, USA
Damion Whyte – University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies
Tom Wiewandt – Wild Horizons, Inc., Tucson, Arizona, USA
Byron Wilson – Independent, Kentfield, California, USA
Joshel Wilson – Environmental Awareness Group, Joshel Wilson, Saint George’s, Antigua
Ali Zakariyya – Independent, Port of Spain, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
Eugenia Zarza – El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
One of the Breakout Groups, Day 4
