BEADED LIZARDS

Comments:- Maximum length is about 56cm (22") total length

There are 2 subspecies of Gila Monster:-

COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME (External links)	Distribution
Banded Gila Monster	Heloderma suspectum cinctum	USA (SE California, S Nevada, SW Utah, Arizona, New Mexico), Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa)
Reticulate Gila Monster	Heloderma suspectum suspectum	USA (SE Nevada, W Arizona, SW Utah)

Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum) photographed in Pinal County, US-AZ, US
Photographed by Dan Vickers - no rights reserved

Gila Monsters (Heloderma suspectum)



Gila Monsters (Heloderma suspectum)



Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum) photographed at the Gorge Wildlife Park, SA

LINKS

Gila monster: meet the lizard whose venomous bite is saving lives
The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London

Heloderma suspectum COPE, 1869
The Reptile Database

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