Heloderma

Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum), Sonora, Mexico.

Sonoran desert 2009

Perfectly camouflaged for life in the Sonoran, the giant Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) is one of several lizards inhabiting this region.

Sonoran desert 2009

It is also one of the few areas of Mexico where one can find Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum), one of only two venomous reptiles in the world.

Southern Pacific dry forests 2008

These forests house some of the highest diversity of reptiles and amphibians in Mexico such as the Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum).

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests 2007

A still more curious animal, not often seen, was the well-named Gila monster or Escorpion (_Heloderma suspectum_), the only existing animal that fills the description of the Basilisk or Cockatrice of mediæval times; not the _Basilicus Americanus_, which is an innocent herbivorous lizard.

Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson

These show a stout spineless species with a short thick tail and may be the Gila monster (_Heloderma horridum_), a large and somewhat poisonous species having much these proportions.

Animal Figures in the Maya Codices 1915

-- Skull of Gila Monster (_Heloderma_), for comparison of surface with skin impressions of _Trachodon_.

Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections William Diller Matthew 1900

There is some dispute over the exact degree of the toxic qualities of the venom of the Heloderma suspectum, or Gila monster.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

There is some dispute over the exact degree of the toxic qualities of the venom of the Heloderma suspectum, or Gila monster.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

The KU-China research team said it was a low-pressure system similar to the modern Beaded lizard, Heloderma, however the prehistoric Sinornithosaurus had longer teeth to break through layers of feathers on its bird victims.

EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2009