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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 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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    The Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum) is a species of lizard in the family Helodermatidae, one of the two species of venomous beaded lizards...
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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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    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 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 texana is an extinct species of heloderm lizard known from Miocene sediments in Big Bend National Park. It is the oldest fossil record of the...
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    species: the Gila monster (Heloderma Suspectum), Heloderma exasperatum, Heloderma horridum, Heloderma Alvarezi and Heloderma Charlesbogerti. This family...
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    "Taxonomic reassessment and conservation status of the beaded lizard, Heloderma horridum (Squamata: Helodermatidae)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13: 93...
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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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    carinatus) Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum) Some members of the genus Varanus, such...
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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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    Venomous Reptiles of the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico. Vol. 1: Heloderma, Micruroides, Micrurus, Pelamis, Agkistrodon, Sistrurus. Baltimore: Johns...
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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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  • prefer semiarid habitats. 2 species occur in Mexico. Heloderma horridum (Wiegmann, 1829) VU Heloderma suspectum Cope, 1869 NT Order: Squamata · Family: Corytophanidae...
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    Heloderma Xenosaurus...
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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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    (Celestus occiduus) - Helodermatidae Gray, 1837 Beaded lizards Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) - Lanthanotidae Steindachner, 1877 Earless monitor Earless...
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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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    Heloderma...
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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. doi:10...
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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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    Reptiles of the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico, Volume 1: Heloderma, Micruroides, Micrurus, Pelamis, Agkistrodon, Sistrurus. Baltimore: The...
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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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  • rattlesnake, the black iguana, the frog Shyrrhopus modestus, the beaded lizard Heloderma horridum and the Autlan rattlesnake (Crotalus lannomi), an endemic species...
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  • group on its C terminus. has been described as "des-38-proline-exendin-4 (Heloderma suspectum)-(1–39)-peptidylpenta-L-lysyl-L-lysinamide", meaning it is derived...
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  • Order: Squamata Family: Helodermatidae Genus: †Lowesaurus Type species Lowesaurus matthewi Pregill et al., 1986 Synonyms Heloderma matthewi Gilmore, 1928...
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    decomposition and health of the forests in the state. 2023 Reptile Gila monster Heloderma suspectum Named the state reptile following a lobbying campaign by Utah...
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  • exceeding it in size are the Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum) and Rio Fuerte beaded lizard (Heloderma exasperatum), with a total length of up to 91 cm...
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  • pathogenic to reptiles. It was originally isolated in Gila monsters (Heloderma suspectum), horned lizards (Phrynosoma solare), and chuckawallas (Sauromalus...
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