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Beaded Lizards
Heloderma
Heloderma, the only genus of the family Helodermatidae, consists of venomous lizards native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, and as far south as Guatemala. It includes five separate species, with two subspecies. Their closest living relatives are the anguid lizards.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Gila Monster
speciesHeloderma suspectum
Beaded Lizard
speciesHeloderma horridum
Rio Fuerte Beaded Lizard
speciesHeloderma exasperatum
Chiapan beaded lizard
speciesHeloderma alvarezi
Guatemalan Beaded Lizard
speciesHeloderma charlesbogerti
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 35002.