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TheGilamonsterisaspeciesofvenomouslizardnativetothesouthwesternUnitedStatesand...ThenameGilareferstotheGilaRiverBasinintheU.S.statesofArizonaandNewMexico,wheretheGilamonsterwasonceplentiful....Inthebeginning(1

Largest living species of lizard in the United States

A Gila monster

The Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum, HEE-lə) is a species of venomous lizard native to the Southwestern United States and the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is a heavy, slow-moving reptile, up to 56 centimetres (22 in) long, and it is the only venomous lizard native to the United States. Its venomous close relatives, the four beaded lizards (all former subspecies of Heloderma horridum) inhabit Mexico and Guatemala.[3][4] The Gila monster is sluggish in nature, so it is not generally dangerous and very rarely poses a real threat to humans. However, it has a fearsome reputation and is sometimes killed despite the species being protected by state law in Arizona.[1][5]

Evolutionary splitting of the genus Heloderma into species (Reiserer et al)[6]Explanation of the numbers 1 Late Eocene (about 35 million years) 2 Late Miocene (about 10 million years) 3 Pliocene (about 4.4 million years) 4 P...

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Heloderma | 台北市立動物園資訊網

Although he originally assigned it the generic name Trachyderma, he changed it to Heloderma six months later, which means studded skin, from the Ancient ... Read More

Mexican beaded lizard | 台北市立動物園資訊網

The species was first described in 1829 by Arend Wiegmann as Trachyderma horridum, but he renamed it Heloderma horridum six months later. Its generic name ... Read More

Gila monster | 台北市立動物園資訊網

The Gila monster is a species of venomous lizard native to the southwestern United States and ... The name Gila refers to the Gila River Basin in the U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico, where the Gila monster was once plentiful. ... In the beginning (1 Read More

Heloderma charlesbogerti | 台北市立動物園資訊網

The generic name, Heloderma, means studded skin, from the Ancient Greek words hêlos (ηλος), meaning the head of a nail or stud, and derma (δερμα), ... Read More

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Kingdom: Animalia. Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies. Synonym(s):. Common Name(s):, Banded Gila Monster [English]. Taxonomic Status: Current Standing: valid. Read More

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Common Name(s):, Beaded Lizards [English]. Gila Monsters ... enchaquirado. Species, Heloderma suspectum Cope, 1869 – Gila Monster, Lagarto de Gila ... Read More

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Taxonomic Rank: Species. Synonym(s):. Common Name(s):, Gila Monster [English]. Lagarto de Gila [Spanish]. Taxonomic Status: Current Standing: valid. Read More

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Taxonomic Rank: Species. Synonym(s):, Heloderma horridum alvarezi Bogert and Martín del Campo, 1956. Common Name(s):, Black Beaded Lizard [English]. Read More

heloderma horridum | 台北市立動物園資訊網

Common Names, E: Mexican Beaded Lizard G: Skorpions-Krustenechse S: Escorpión. Synonym, Trachyderma horridum WIEGMANN 1829: 421. Heloderma ... Read More

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