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Gila Monster

Heloderma suspectum

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

An orange and black beaded lizard. They are also the only venomous lizard in the US. This is an adult, and here's a juvenile I found earlier the same day; they are much brighter http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/856436004

Habitat:

Found crossing the road at the base of the Chiricuhua mountains.

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Comments (1)
AntónioGinjaGinja
The Gila Monsters are so cute :-) Very cool series,congrats and thanks for sharing

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2014

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