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Gila Monster

Heloderma suspectum

Photo by FianaShapiro
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Out sunning on basalt boulders on a warm spring day. Hissed at me as I approached, before I noticed it.

Habitat:

Basalt-covered slope, in the Utah Mojave desert

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Photographed
PublishedNovember 12, 2011

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