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Definition of Heloderma suspectum

Heloderma suspectum
Gila monster Gi"la mon"ster (Zo["o]l.) A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth.

Meaning of Heloderma suspectum from wikipedia

- The Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum, /ˈhiːlə/ HEE-lə) is a species of venomous lizard native to the Southwestern United States and the northwestern...
- extant genus of the family Helodermatidae. The genus Heloderma contains the Gila monster (H. suspectum) and four species of beaded lizards. Their eyes are...
- the other members of the same genus, including the Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum), are the only lizards known to have evolved an overt venom delivery...
- The Guatemalan beaded lizard (Heloderma char****gerti), also called commonly the Motagua Valley beaded lizard, is a highly endangered species of beaded...
- The Rio Fuerte beaded lizard (Heloderma exasperatum) is a venomous species of beaded lizard in the family Helodermatidae. It is found in the tropical...
- lizards, defined as all taxa more closely related to Heloderma than Var****. It includes Heloderma, as well as several extinct genera, such as Estesia...
- includes large and stocky lizards, including the infamous Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum), which reaches a total length up to 60 cm (23.6 in) with a snout-vent...
- (Heloderma suspectum), Rio Fuerte beaded lizard (Heloderma exasperatum), Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum), Chiapan beaded lizard (Heloderma alvarezi)...
- anguimorphs more closely related to Shinisaurus than to Anguis fragilis, Heloderma suspectum or Var**** varius. Several recent phylogenetic analyses of lizard...
- moderates dehydration in a large desert lizard, the Gila monster Heloderma suspectum". Journal of Experimental Biology. 210 (8): 1472–1480. doi:10.1242/jeb...