The following people have registered to attend the 2023 ISG Meeting
An * denotes a presentation.
Nicholle Amador Gómez – Kanahau Wildlife Conservation Organization, Útila, Honduras
*Rosalia Argueta – Fundación Islas de la Bahia, Útila, Honduras
“Estado poblacional de la Ctenosaura bakeri en Útila”
*Daniel Ariano – Centro de Estudios Ambientales y Biodiversidad, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala
“Iguana Conservation Efforts in Guatemala: A Decade Later”
*John Bendon – IUCN-UK National Committee, UK
“Poster: Spiny-tailed Iguanas of the Americas”
*Paulina Birk – Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Ciudad de Guatemala
“Update on the Distribution of Ctenosaura palearis and its Predator, Heloderma charlesbogerti, With Analysis of Potential Changes in Response to Different Climate Change Scenarios”
*Tom Brown – Kanahau Wildlife Conservation Organization, Útila, Honduras
“Poster: Unmasking the Menace: Invasive Raccoons (Procyon lotor) as an Emergent Threat to Biodiversity on Útila Island, Honduras — First Glimpse of Eradication Efforts’ Impact”
Joe Burgess – Gulf Islands National Seashore, Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
*Francisco Castillo Obregón – Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Ciudad de Guatemala
“Differences Between Semi-urban and Wild Habitats in Home Ranges, Activity Patterns, and the Potential Impacts of Global Warming on the Metabolic Expenditure of Ctenosaura palearis
*Geyvy Delarca – Instituto de Conservación Forestal, Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre, Útila, Honduras
“Poster: Trabajo Conjunto para la Conservación de la Iguana Swamper Ctenosaura bakeri en la Isla de Útila”
*Christina De Jesús Villanueva – Independent, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA (homepage)
“Impact of the Invasive Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) on Puerto Rico’s Agricultural Community”
Dale DeNardo – Arizona State University, Arizona, USA
*Zach Dykema – Mississippi State University, Starkville, USA
“Genetic Perspectives on Three Successful Conservation Translocations of the Turks and Caicos Rock Iguana (Cyclura carinata)”
*Susannah French – Utah State University, Utah, USA (homepage; ResearchGate)
“Poster: The Effects of a High Sugar Diet on Immunity in Iguana iguana“
*Gabriele Gentile – University of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
“TBD”
Glenn Gerber – San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, California, USA (homepage)
Johana Gil – Heloderma Natural Reserve, Zacapa, Guatemala
*Tandora Grant – Independent, California, USA (ResearchGate)
“Update on the ISG, IUCN Red List, and Green Status of Species”
*Court Harding – Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
“Spring Space Use of Adult Female Útila Spiny-tailed Iguanas, Ctenosaura bakeri”
Brian Henley – Cameron Park Zoo, Waco, Texas, USA
Evert Henningheim – Dutch Iguana Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Charles Knapp – John G. Shedd Aquarium, Illinois, USA (homepage; GoogleScholar; ResearchGate)
Catherine Malone – Independent, The Netherlands
*Daisy Maryon – Kanahau Wildlife Conservation Organization, Útila, Honduras
“Updates on the Útila Spiny-tailed Iguana Action Plan and Conservation Outreach”
*Blaklie Mitchell – Mississippi State University, Starkville, USA
“Genetic Variation and Origin in the Common Green Iguana Population of South Florida: Does Admixture Facilitate Successful Invasions?”
*Suita Narvaez – Fundación Islas de la Bahia, Útila, Honduras
“Programa de Reproducción Ex-situ de la Ctenosaura bakeri de Útila”
Karin Nelson – University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, USA
*Sophie O’Hehir – Exeter University, Cornwall, UK
“Letting the Cat Into the Bag: Responses of Feral Cats to Trapping Efforts and Management Implications in a Blue Iguana Reserve”
*Cecilia Paradiso – University of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy & Mississippi State University, Starkville, USA
“Genomic Data Reveal Island Colonization Patterns for Endangered and Iconic Galápagos Iguanas”
*Stesha Pasachnik – Fort Worth Zoo, Texas, USA (ResearchGate; LinkedIn)
“Conservation of the Jamaican Iguana
Cayle Pearson – Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
*Kim Rainwater – Fort Worth Zoo, Texas, USA
“Jamaican Iguana (Cyclura collei) Health Assessment Update on Headstarted Iguanas at the Hope Zoo”
*Victor Hugo Reynoso – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México (homepage; ResearchGate)
“Response of the Chuckwalla Sauromalus varius to Harsh Temperature in the Hottest Month of the Year” and “‘Seed Shielding’, a Newly Described Process That Prevents Seeds From Dying in Extreme Hot Conditions”
*Mohd Syafiq-Rahim – University of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
“Galápagos Iguanas – An Insight Into Diving Ability Evolution”
*Wendy Townsend – Independent, USA
“Iguanas Saved Me: Can Writing Help Save Them?”
*Jeroen van Kuijk – Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, The Netherlands
“Safeguarding Iguana Diversity: Tracking Invasive Species’ Impacts with Terrestrial eDNA Innovations”
George Waters – GWA, Florida, USA
*Jimmy Wehsener – Mississippi State University, Starkville, USA
“Nest-site Selection of Cyclura carinata Across a Gradient of Anthropogenic Disturbance”
Mark Welch – Mississippi State University, Starkville, USA
Bruce Weissgold – International Iguana Foundation, Virginia, USA
Karen Worley – International Iguana Foundation, California, USA
*Eugenia Zarza – El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, México
“Poster: A Literature Review of Microbiome Diversity of Iguanas”
Invited Participants Attending Conservation Workshop for Cachryx spp. and Ctenosaura palearis
Rosalia Argueta – Fundación Islas de la Bahia, Útila, Honduras
Daniel Ariano – Centro de Estudios Ambientales y Biodiversidad, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala
Tom Brown – Kanahau Wildlife Conservation Organization, Útila, Honduras
Christian Tomás Chinchilla Putzeys – Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala
Geyvy Delarca – Instituto Nacional de Conservación Forestal, Útila, Honduras
Rony García – Wildlife Conservation Society, Guatemala
Johana Gil – Heloderma Natural Reserve, Zacapa, Guatemala
Tandora Grant – Independent, California, USA
Charles Knapp – John G. Shedd Aquarium, Illinois, USA
Seyner Luis-Valenzuela – Wildlife Conservation Society, Guatemala
Catherine Malone – Independent, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Daisy Maryon – Kanahau Wildlife Conservation Organization, Útila, Honduras
Suita Narvaez – Fundación Islas de la Bahia, Útila, Honduras
Melissa Ojeda – Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (CONAP), Guatemala
Stesha Pasachnik – Fort Worth Zoo, Texas, USA
Víctor Hugo Reynoso Rosales – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Gilberto Salazar – Valle de Aguan, Guatemala
Abel Sandoval – Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (CONAP), Guatemala
Eugenia Zarza – El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, México
