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VOLUME 2 NUMBER 2 www.herpetofauna.com US $5.9 AMPHIBIAN & REPTILEFTILE CONSERVATION1[ON THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE WORLDWIDE PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILIAN DIVERf T QL FOUNDER AND EDITOR 640 Craig Hassapakis .A53 ASSOCIATE EDITOR REPT Jack W. Sites, Jr. k. 1 ' , , Ml* * 1 k Distribution, species-richnes: endemism, and conservation o A Venezuelan amphibians and reptiles This journal supports the programs of" Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC) to promote education about \ isit www.ingciuu.com to access journal content online (foil-text). Subscribers may register with ingenta for free electronic delivers via the Internet. Non-subscribers can obtain full-text articles as pay-per-views. F reels search ingenta's journal database (nearly 3.(100 total journals) l>> kesword. title, and author (journal article abstracts available online free through ingenta). ISSN (Print edition): H)8>44oj^ ISSN (Online editid6*-f52.5^T?3 /I — the diversity of life New from Chicago Now in paper! In Search of the Golden Frog Marty Crump "(T]his is not just a book about frogs; Tadpoles fascinating stories about birds, insects, plants, lizards, and snakes also abound. >>:. THE BIOLOGY Ol- ANl.'K AN LARVAE Complicated biological stories are told concisely but thoroughly, and her humor at describing natural history traits makes them very readable. The story of Marty Crump's life in the field is fascinating, and told with respect for both the reader and the natural world. This is an extremely likable and readable story of a dedicated scientist in search of her golden frog." —Sonoran Herpetologica 320 pages 16 color plates, 60 halftones, 19 maps Cloth $27.00 A Naturalist's Guide to the Tropics Tadpoles Marco Lambertini "l*h is well-illustrated book takes a broad The Biology ofAnuran Larvae view of a remarkable range of tropical Edited by Roy W. McDiarmid attributes: climate, soils, flora, fauna, man- and Ronald Altig groves, forests and so on. Many examples "A brilliant compilation of information on are highlighted in detail. ... So while a the world's most common aquatic amphib- guide to individual species is impossible, an enlightening explanation of to ians."-—Richard Wassersug, Copeia much interest any tropical traveller is clearly pre- "The present volume, a true magnum opus, IN SEARCH sented. Enthusiasm for the subject is is a comprehensive account of larval anu- OF THE obvious: the sheer brilliance and variety of ran biology and will no doubt become a FROG tropical life astonishing." Birds reference with Duellman GOLDEN tome comparable 348 pages 1 1 color plates, 57 color photos, and Trucb's classic on amphibian biology. 21 maps, 76 line drawings Paper $25.00 . Tadpoles is a substantial contribution to the literature and a.welcome addition to MARTY CRUMP' my bookshelf. [A] rich mine of infor- mation to which many of us will be refer- ring for years to come."—Trevor Beebe, Trends in Ecology and Evolution 458 pages 118 halftones, 181 line drawings, 23 tables Paper $40.00 The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants Charles S. Elton With it Foreword by Daniel Shnberloff "A book has to be really special to be republished 40 years after it first appeared. Elton's book is. The topic is even more important today than it was back then, because invasive species may now be the most important cause of species extinction. This book is a classic that I would like all The University of Chicago Press of my students to read."—Stuart Pimm, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1427 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 Paper $13.00 www.press.uchicago.edu FOUNDER AND EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR Craig Hassapakis Jack W. Sites, Jr. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Department of Zoology Modesto, California Brigham Young University ADVISORY BOARD Allison C. Alberts Joseph T Collins George B. Rabb Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species Natural History Museum President, Chicago Zoological Society Zoological Society of San Diego University of Kansas Vice chair, Communications. Species Survival Commission, The World Conservation Union Jonathan D. Ballou Carl Gans National Zoological Park Adjunct Professor of Zoology Hobart M.Smith Smithsonian Institution University of Texas at Austin Department of Environmental. Population and Organismic Biology Aaron M. Bauer Roy W. McDiarmid University of Colorado Department of Biology Herpetology, Biological Resources Division Villanova University U.S. Geological Survey Michael Soule Research Professor, University of California at Andrew R. Blaustein Russell A. Mittermeier Santa Cruz Department of Zoology President, Conservation International President, The Wildlands Project Oregon State University Washington, DC EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD Harold G. Cogger Harvey B. Lillywhite Jaime E. Pefaur Australian Museum Department of Zoology Ecologia Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Sydney, AUSTRALIA University of Florida Universidad de Los Andes, Merida. VENEZUELA C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr. Peter V. Lindeman Christopher J. Raxworthy Biological Resources Division Department of Biology and Health Services Department of Herpetology U.S. Geological Survey Edinboro University of Pennsylvania American Museum of Natural History Lee A. Fitzgerald Joseph C. Mitchell Andrew T Storfer Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Department of Biology Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Texas ASM University University of Richmond University of Florida Julian C. Lee Henry R. Mushinsky Robert J. Wiese Department of Biology Department of Biology Assistant Director of Animal Programs University of Miami University of Florida Fort Worth Zoo SECTION EDITORS AMPHIBIAN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION STATISTICS AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Jamie K. Reaser it Anthony J Krzysik US Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International School of Arts and Sciences Environmental, and Scientific Affairs Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Office of Ecology and Terrestrial Conservation, Washington, DC CONTRIBUTORS COPY EDITOR GRAPHIC DESIGN COMPUTER SUPPORT Mark L. Goodwin Kenneth W. Sholar Mark Warren COLUMNIST INDEXING AND ABSTRACTING ZOO LIAISON Craig M. Hoover CONSULTANT/E-PUBLISHING Chris Banks Senior Program Officer, TRAFFIC North Michael J. Tavares Curator of Herpetofauna, Invertebrates & Education America, World Wildlife Fund Animals and Co-ordinator South East Asian Washington. DC WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT AND Conservation Programs, Melbourne Zoo, AUSTRALIA CONSULTANT Jay G. Henry COUNTRY LIAISONS ARGENTINA ITALY AND MADAGASCAR TAIWAN Maria E. Bridarolli Franco Andreone David McLeod Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Sezione di Zoologia, Museo Regionale di Sc enze National Experimental High School at Science Aridas, Centra Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas Naturali, Torino, ITALY Based Industrial Park, Huinchu yTecnologicas, Mendoza INDONESIA U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO (ECUADOR) Darmawan 1 iswanio Father Alejandro J. Sanchez Munoz Marco Altamirano Executive Director, Yayasan Titian Pastor of Saint Anne's Parish Museum of Southwestern Biology, The University of New Jakarta Saint Thomas Mexico and Charles Darwin Research Station Galapagos, ECUADOR PERU VENEZUELA Antonio W. Salas Jaime E. Pefaur INDIA AND MALAYSIA Museo de Histona Natural Ecologia Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Indraneil Das Universidad Ricardo Palma Universidad de Los Andes, Merida Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservator 1 Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Sarawak, MALAYSIA SOUTH AFRICA Marius Burger National Coordinator, South African Frog Atlas Project, University of Cape Town Copyright © 2000 Amphibian and Reptile Conservation. All rights reserved. ARC authorizes Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 2(2):40. photocopying for internal or personal use provided the appropriate fee is paid directly to the Copyright Clearance Center. Inc.. 222 Rosewood Dr.. Danvers, MA 01923-4599, USA. Tel: (978) 750-8400: fax: (978) 750-4470: email: [email protected]; website: www.copyrighl.com Editorial WORDS FROM THE EDITOR proved to be far too few as we quickly With the completion of this issue, ran out of stock in about February of we have successfully published our 1997, as we continued to have a second volume. Our mission is strong interest in the journal. After further set, and I think it easy to a move to the University of Arizona visualize our intended mission, based in Tucson, Arizona from my alma on the observation of each new issue. mater of BYU in Provo, Utah, in Amphibian and Reptile Con- the late fall of 1997 as the first snow servation (ARC) now numbers over began to fall in Provo, the journal 700+ subscribers and has printed and and myself were exposed to a new distributed 3,000 copies each of both and exciting landscape. Work on the issues 2 and 3, thus making ARC the journal was agonizingly slow, but I largest distributed, English language, continued to presevere and make herpetological scientific journal in some progress. To help move the the world. 1 view my role with the journal forward, I again packed up journal as "carrying the torch" as and moved to my hometown of editor and publisher, while many Modesto, California in the late interested in assisting the journal summer of 1999, to be closer to my have come "on board" as advisors or family and their influence. At each editors, special section editors, step of the way, throughout the years, contributors, in-country liaisons, and I continued in good faith to steadily in other ways. I am grateful for all of work and make needed associations this assistance, and would