Greater short-horned lizard COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 12

Acknowledgements and Authorities Consulted

Firstly, it is important to thank the many landowners and lease holders who have graciously permitted myself, and others like me, access to study this fascinating species on their land. Without their stewardship, cooperation and interest, very little would be known of this species in Canada.

In all cases, this effort could not have happened without the input of a great number of people. I am grateful to Liz Saunders (Sandpiper Consulting, Lethbridge) and Robin Gutsell (Alberta Fish and Wildlife, Edmonton) for keeping me posted. Thanks to Ruben Boles (COSEWIC Secretariat, CWS) and Ron Brooks (University of Guelph) for advice and help when it was needed and for the opportunity to undertake this endeavour. Joel Nicholson (Alberta Fish and Wildlife, Medicine Hat) provided updated information of threats for the species in Alberta and other helpful information. Geoff Smith (Public Lands Office, Medicine Hat) provided information regarding development in the Manyberries (Hills) Sensitive Area. Stuart Nadeau of Alberta Environmental Protection (Edmonton) provided the official provincial record data for mapping. Steve Porter (Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre, Regina) made what data he had available to my efforts. Thank you, as well, to Larry Powell (University of Calgary) for answering my pesky questions and for providing copies of some of his previous works on this species.

A special thank you to Francis Cook (Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa), for taking the time to examine the Grassy Lake specimen bottle, decipher its pencil marks and helping to solve a long-standing puzzle over that particular record. Lastly, but importantly, Alain Filion (CWS, Ottawa) was responsible for the creation of the maps, and the Extent of Occurrence (EOO) and Area of Occupation (AOO) calculations, an obviously critical component in such an undertaking. I am indebted to him for all his help in completing this project.

Of course, my thorough gratitude for the many days of babysitting, while I typed furiously, are, again, owed to my mother, Elsie Duffy. Sharon James, my mother-in-law, also contributed more than her fair share of entertainment for our two rambunctious boys during her latest visit. 

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