2002 Iguana Specialist Group Conference

Abstract

The IUCN/SSC Iguana Specialist Group (ISG) held its annual meeting in November 2002 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (DR). The DR occupies about two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola whereas the Republic of Haïti occupies the remainder. Hispaniola is the only island on which two species of Rock Iguanas (Cyclura) are sympatric: C. cornuta, the Rhinoceros Iguana, and C. ricordii, Ricord’s Iguana. The conference was hosted jointly by the Parque Zoológico Nacional (ZooDom) in Santo Domingo, Grupo Jaragua, a non-governmental organization (NGO) devoted to the conservation of Dominican natural resources, and the Coral Resorts. Although the agenda was typically broad, the focus of the meeting and a subsequent workshop was the status of Cyclura ricordii.