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	Gila monster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) is a species of lizard that was once thought to be one of only two species of venomous lizards.
		Unlike a snake, the Gila monster injects venom into its victim not by means of hollow teeth, but through grooves in the teeth of its lower jaw.
		Gila monsters are a protected species under Arizona State law in the United States, and may not be collected, killed, or kept in captivity without a permit in that State.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gila_monster (409 words)

	Gila Monster: WhoZoo
		Gila monsters leave their burrows in the spring for mating and their major period of food gathering.
		The brittle teeth of the Gila monster may remain imbedded in the wound and must be removed by a medical professional.
		Gila monsters mate in the spring, but don't lay their eggs -- from 2 to 13 -- until mid to late summer.
	www.whozoo.org /anlife2000/jamiebritt/gilaindexrev.html (573 words)

	Southern New Mexico Travel and Tourism Information: Gila monster
		But Gila monsters move around through the year, picking their dens to suit the season: In winter, they select south- or east-facing crevices; in spring, they choose for morning sun and afternoon shade; in summer's heat, they take to the earth in burrows that they dig themselves or find abandoned packrat mounds.
		Gila monsters are least active in winter, when food is scarce: they snooze and metabolize the fat stored in their sausagelike tails.
		Gila monsters' taste runs to tender young animals or eggs, snatched from nests on or in the ground: baby cottontails, ground squirrels, and baby birds; bird or tortoise eggs; and young lizards.
	www.southernnewmexico.com /Articles/Wildlife/GilamonsterWildLives.html (480 words)

	Gila monster - Heloderma suspectum: More Information - ARKive
		Gila monsters have a striking bright pink and fl colouration (5) and the two subspecies can be distinguished by their different patterns; the banded Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum cinctum) has a band of light markings along the back whilst in the reticulated Gila monster (H.
		Gila monsters are able to survive for months without food as they store fat in their particularly large tail (3).
		Gila monsters are protected throughout their range, first receiving protection in 1952 in Arizona when they were the first venomous reptiles to receive such legislation (6).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/reptiles/Heloderma_suspectum/more_info.html (772 words)

	The Living Desert - Gila Monster
		The gila monster is a stout-bodied lizard with a blunt head and an extraordinary thick tail.
		Gila monsters are rarely seen because they spend most of their lives underground.
		Gila monsters mate throughout the summer months, with the female laying 3-15 eggs in the last summer.
	www.livingdesert.org /animals/gila_monster.asp (366 words)

	ANIMAL BYTES - Gila Monster
		Gila monsters are diurnal but may spend as much as 98% of their life underground in burrows.
		Gila monsters have extremely long incubation periods, one of the longest of all reptiles.
		Juvenile Gila monsters are known to eat up to 50% of their body weight in one feeding, the adults may consume up to 35% of their body weight.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/reptilia/squamata/gila-monster.htm (327 words)

	Gila Monsters
		Gila monster venom is delivered via grooves in the animal's teeth, and as such, gila monsters have to chew on their prey items to move the venom into the wound.
		Gila monsters are a protected species in their home states, and there are severe penalties for anyone attempting to capture an animal for a pet or to sell.
		Gila monster sex is difficult to determine, one method is to watch behavior during the breeding season.
	www.kingsnake.com /rockymountain/RMHPages/RMHgila.htm (1765 words)

	Gila monster
		Growing up: Gila monsters mate throughout the summer and leave their 3-5 large eggs during the autumn or winter (this is unusual).
		Conservation news: The main threats to the Gila monster are human development of the arid scrub areas where it lives and attack by feral or domestic cats and dogs.
		The Gila monster is one of only two species of venomous lizard, both belonging to the family Helodermatidae, that are similar in appearance and habitat.
	www.bristolzoo.org.uk /learning/animals/reptiles/gila-monster (431 words)

	Gila Monster
		The Gila monster is one of two known venomous lizards, the other being the Mexican beaded lizard, Heloderma horridum.
		It is important to note that in the cases of humans being killed by the venom of a Gila monster, the victims were in poor health prior to the attack.
		The Gila monster has been protected in Arizona, but more needs to be done to ensure that this incredible lizard remains a link in the wild food chain of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico.
	www.nashvillezoo.org /gila.htm (994 words)

	Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)
		Gila monsters prey on newborn rodents, rabbits, and hares, though ground nesting birds and lizards, as well as eggs from birds, lizards, snakes and tortoises are also eaten.
		Young Gila monsters may consume as much as 50 percent of their body weight in one feeding, while adults are capable of consuming 35 percent of their body weight in a single feeding.
		Gila monsters are one of only two venomous lizards known to occur in the world.
	www.desertmuseum.org /books/gila.html (665 words)

	Gila Monster Fact Sheet - National Zoo\| FONZ
		Gila monster venom is about as toxic as that of a western diamondback rattlesnake.
		The range of the Gila monster is primarily in Arizona and Mexico, the extreme southeastern corner of California, the southern tip of Nevada, and the southwestern corners of Utah and New Mexico.
		Gila monsters are desert dwellers, living near washes and arroyos and in semiarid rocky regions of desert scrub or grasslands.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Facts/FactSheets/Gilamonster.cfm (723 words)

	Digimorph - Heloderma suspectum (Gila monster)
		Gila Monster skin is more permeable to water than the skin of many other lizards and therefore microhabitat selection and microclimate, especially humidity, play an important role in survivorship.
		Gila Monsters seem to be immune to their own or other individuals’ venom.
		The head of the specimen was scanned by Matthew Colbert on 29 December 2003 along the coronal axis for a total of 555 slices, each slice 0.133 mm thick with an interslice spacing of 0.133 mm and a field of reconstruction of 55.5 mm.
	www.digimorph.org /specimens/Heloderma_suspectum/adult (929 words)

	Gila monster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Gila monsters are secretive, largely crepuscular animals that inhabit arid desert terrain.
		Gila monsters have long been popular with zoo and terrarium keepers, in part because they are both large and easily tamed.
		Gila monsters should only be handled with care, and then only by experienced reptile handlers.
	www.curator.org /LegacyVMNH/WebOfLife/Kingdom/P_Chordata/ClassReptilia/O_Squamata/InfraAnguimorphan/SupFVaranoidea/FHelodermatidae/gila_monster.htm (222 words)

	Banded Gila Monster :: Saint Louis Zoo
		When Gila monsters bite, venom flows from glands in the lower jaw to the bottom teeth, which have grooves to carry the liquid to the victim's body.
		Gila monsters are a type of beaded lizard, so called because of the bead-like scales covering their head and back.
		Gila monsters are threatened, meaning they face a high risk of extinction in the wild.
	www.stlzoo.org /animals/abouttheanimals/reptiles/lizards/bandedgilamonster.htm (741 words)

	Gila Wilderness Area Information Page
		Not only is the Gila monster America's only poisonous lizard, it is the only reptile having an armored hide, and the only lizard with a forked tongue like a snake's.
		The Gila monster was named for the Gila River Basin and occurs in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
		The county's mountainous areas are in the Gila National Forest, with the highest sections in the Gila and Aldo Leopold wildernesses.
	www.gilawilderness.com /infopg (1131 words)

	Gila Monster
		Unlike snakes, the venom glands of the Gila Monster are in the lower jaw.
		Gila Monsters are sedentary reptiles that return year after year to the same cold-season home.
		Adult Gilas may be preyed upon by coyotes, hawks such as the Harris hawk, and owls including the great horned owl.
	www.scenicdrive.org /cgmonster.htm (672 words)

	gila monster on Encyclopedia.com
		GILA MONSTER [gila monster], venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, found in the deserts of the SW United States and NW Mexico.
		Because the neurotoxic venom is produced by glands in the lower jaw and the grooved teeth through which it passes are set far back in the mouth, venom does not always enter the wound when a victim is bitten.
		Exendin-4 is a Circulating Meal-Related Peptide in the Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum).(Abstract)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/g1/gilamons.asp (521 words)

	Desert: The Gila Monster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Gila Monsters (Heloderma suspectum) are one of the world's only venomous lizards.
		The word Gila is pronounced hee-la. The name comes from the location where it was first found, the Gila River of Arizona.
		The little Gila Monster shown at left was made by The RGU Group.
	www.jeannieshouse.com /desert/gila_monster.html (186 words)

	Gila Monster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The gila monster is one of only two venomous lizards in the world.
		Range: The gila monster is found mainly in the deserts of Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, however, it does occur in some of the states adjacent to Arizona.
		Gila monsters are seldom seen because they spend a very large percentage of their time in burrows.
	www.centralfloridazoo.org /animals/Gila_monster.htm (113 words)

	General Information
		The Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum (pronounced Hee'-la) is one of only two species of venomous lizards (It's cousin the Mexican Beaded Lizard is the other).
		Two subspecies are recognized: the southern subspecies, the Reticulated Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum suspectum) and the northern subspecies, the Banded Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum cinctum).
		On an interesting note, a component of Gila monster venom called Exendin-4 is currently being investigated as a promising new drug to treat type 2 diabetes.
	www.drseward.com /geninfo.htm (219 words)

	Sonoran Lizards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Gila monsters consume most of their annual caloric intake during this period and spend most of the remaining time, about 98% of their lives, in climatically-sheltered dormancy.
		The evolutionary origin and subsequent radiation of the Gila monster is unclear.
		Wwe can therefore speculate that because the northernmost modern Gila monster populations are more similar to the banded morph through which all Gila monsters pass in their development...
	www.biopark.org /lizards.html (1176 words)

	Gila Monster - American International Rattlesnake Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		And indeed, the Gila Monster is one of only 2 venomous lizards in the world, the other being the Mexican Beaded Lizard.
		Gila Monsters in captivity can live for 20 to 30 years.
		Because of their slow nature, Gila Monsters usually feed on baby mammals, birds or animal eggs.
	www.rattlesnakes.com /snakes/gila.html (152 words)

	Gila Monster
		Gila Monsters should be fed several prey items once or twice a week.
		Gila Monster in Short - Habitat, appearance, size, their enemies, lifespan, and some fun facts.
		Gila Monsters in Brief - Contains Gila Monster description, geographical range and habitat, diet, social structure, and other useful information on the species.
	www.gila-monster.org /gila-monsters-captivity.htm (556 words)

	Arizona Highways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Gila monster is one of only two venomous lizards in the world; the other being its close relative, the Mexican beaded lizard.
		The Gila monster injects its venom by chewing its victim; removal of the lizard is necessary to limit the amount of venom received.
		During the coldest months, the Gila monster is dormant; during the warmest months, it is nocturnal; and the rest of the year, it is active during the day.
	www.arizonahighways.com /custom.cfm?name=c_nature.cfm&secid=34&id=165 (207 words)

	Gila Monster
		Gila Monsters inhabit desert and semi arid regions of sandy soils with shrubs.
		Gila Monster Animals - A picture and the origin of the specimen.
		Gila Monster Article - Description of Gila Monsters and their cousins, Mexican beaded lizards, the only two venomous lizards in the world.
	www.gila-monster.org /gila-monsters-links.htm (702 words)

	Gila Monster Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The Gila Monster is a large, venomous lizard.
		The Gila Monster becomes dormant and stays in a burrow during the winter.
		Venom: The Gila Monster has a potent venom, a nerve toxin, that is produced in glands located in the lower jaw.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/reptiles/lizard/Gilamonster.shtml (314 words)

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