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    The Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum, /ˈhiːlə/ HEE-lə) is a species of venomous lizard native to the Southwestern United States and the northwestern...
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    Heloderma is a genus of toxicoferan lizards that contains five species, all of which are venomous. It is the only extant genus of the family Helodermatidae...
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    The Guatemalan beaded lizard (Heloderma charlesbogerti), also called commonly the Motagua Valley beaded lizard, is a highly endangered species of beaded...
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    The Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum) or beaded lizard is a species of lizard in the family Helodermatidae, one of the two species of venomous...
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    The Rio Fuerte beaded lizard (Heloderma exasperatum) is a venomous species of beaded lizard in the family Helodermatidae. It is found in the tropical...
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    Heloderma alvarezi, the Chiapan beaded lizard or black beaded lizard, is a species of lizard of the Helodermatidae family. It is found in Mexico and Guatemala...
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  • genus Heloderma in North America. "†Heloderma texana Stevens 1977 (beaded lizard)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2023-05-02. "Digimorph - Heloderma texana...
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    (Heloderma suspectum), Rio Fuerte beaded lizard (Heloderma exasperatum), Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum), Chiapan beaded lizard (Heloderma alvarezi)...
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    lizards, defined as all taxa more closely related to Heloderma than Varanus. It includes Heloderma, as well as several extinct genera, such as Estesia...
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    A. (2021). "Effect of climate change on the potential distribution of Heloderma alvarezi (Squamata, Helodermatidae)". ZooKeys (1070): 1–12. doi:10.3897/zookeys...
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    rear-fanged (Toxicodryas blandingii), elapid (Micropechis ikaheca), viperid (Crotalus adamanteus), venomous lizard (Heloderma suspectum). Maxilla in red....
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  • Centrolene heloderma is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae from the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador. It is also known as Pichincha giant glass...
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    carinatus) Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum) Some members of the genus Varanus, such...
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    similar in structure to the one produced by the Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum) which independently developed its toxin from the same precursor...
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    Previously, venom was thought to be unique to Serpentes (snakes) and Heloderma (venomous lizards). The aftereffects of a Varanus bite were thought to...
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  • Helothermine (or HLTx) is a toxin from the venom of the Mexican beaded lizard Heloderma horridum horridum. Helothermine inhibits ryanodine receptors, calcium...
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  • Knuckle pads, also known as heloderma, meaning similar to the skin of the Gila monster lizard for which it is named, are circumscribed, keratotic, fibrous...
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    (Celestus occiduus) - Helodermatidae Gray, 1837 Beaded lizards Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) - Lanthanotidae Steindachner, 1877 Earless monitor Earless...
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    Heloderma Xenosaurus...
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    Venomous Reptiles of the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico. Vol. 1: Heloderma, Micruroides, Micrurus, Pelamis, Agkistrodon, Sistrurus. Baltimore: Johns...
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    sequence to that of the venom, helothermine, of the Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum). There is an effective antivenom manufactured in both Japan...
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    still considered valid, among which are: Gerrhonotus liocephalus in 1828 Heloderma horridum, the venomous Mexican beaded lizard, in 1829 Pelodiscus sinensis...
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    The teeth are similar to those of living venomous squamates such as Heloderma and venomous snakes. Uatchitodon is the earliest known venomous reptile...
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    Heloderma...
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    (angioosteohypertrophy syndrome, hemangiectatic hypertrophy) Knuckle pads (heloderma) Leiomyosarcoma Lipoma Liposarcoma (atypical lipoma, atypical lipomatous...
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  • Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn, 1782) Order: Squamata. Family: Helodermatidae Heloderma, the only genus of the family Helodermatidae, consists of venomous lizards...
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    that moderates dehydration in a large desert lizard, the Gila monster Heloderma suspectum". Journal of Experimental Biology. 210 (8): 1472–1480. Bibcode:2007JExpB...
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    anguimorphs more closely related to Shinisaurus than to Anguis fragilis, Heloderma suspectum or Varanus varius. Several recent phylogenetic analyses of lizard...
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    of the Monstersauria, the clade of lizards including the extant genus Heloderma (the Gila monster and beaded lizards). The genome-based analysis placed...
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    the normal drab coloration of most reptiles, the lizards of the genus Heloderma (the Gila monster and the beaded lizard) and many of the coral snakes...
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