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    Species Accepted

    Heloderma suspectum Cope, 1869

    Banded Gila Monster [cinctum]
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Heloderma
    IUCNNear Threatened

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      36 results
      Arizonas indeszobs Latvian
      Banded Gila Monster [cinctum] English
      Gila Monster English
      Gila boncuklu keleri Turkish
      Gila-Krustenechse German
      Gilalisko Finnish
      Gilatier German
      Gilaödla Swedish
      Gilaøgle Norwegian Bokmål
      Korovec jedovatý Czech

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      80 results
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      PEACOCK, DANIEL & DANIEL MARTIN. (2022). HELODERMA SUSPECTUM (Gila Monster). ATTEMPTED PREDATION. Herpetological Review 53 (1): 133.
      Alibardi, & Lorenzo. (2015). Ultrastructural features of skin pigmentation in the lizard Heloderma suspectum with emphasis on xanto-melanophores. Acta Zoologica 96 (2): 154–159, DOI: 10.1111/Azo.12062.
      Goode, M. J. (1995). Microhabitat destruction caused by unethical collectors: effects on reptile abundance in Arizona. Sonoran Herpetologist 8 (4):32-36.
      Nevárez-de los Reyes; Manuel, David Lazcano, Javier Banda-Leal and Ian Recchio. (2014). Notes on Mexican Herpetofauna 22: Herpetofauna of the Continental Portion of the Municipality of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. 49(8):105-115.
      Douglas, Michael E.; Marlis R. Douglas, Gordon W. Schuett, Daniel D. Beck, Brian K. Sullivan. (2010). Conservation phylogenetics of helodermatid lizards using multiple molecular markers and a supertree approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55 (1): 153-167.
      Brown, W.H. & C.H. Lowe, Jr. (1955). Technique for Obtaining Maximum Yields of Fresh Labial Gland Secretions from the Lizard Heloderma suspectum. Copeia 1955 (1): 63.
      Schwandt, & Hans-Joachim. (2019). The Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum. Natural History, Husbandry & Propagation. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt-Am-Main, Germany (www.chimaira.de). 272 Pp.
      Stejneger, L. H. (1893). Annotated list of the reptiles and batrachians collected by the Death Valley Expedition in 1891, with descriptions of new species. North American Fauna, No. 7: 159-228 (+ 14 Plates + 4 Maps).
      Stebbins, R. C. (1985). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.

      Citation

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