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	Mexican beaded lizard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The beaded lizard or Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum) is found in Mexico and the southern United States.
		Along with the Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum), it was thought until recently to be one of only two lizards known to be venomous, until research showed that some iguanas and monitor lizards also produce venom [1].
		Adult Mexican beaded lizards range from 13 to 18 inches (33 to 46 cm) in length.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mexican_beaded_lizard (144 words)

	Lizard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Until very recently, it was thought that only two lizard species were venomous: the Mexican beaded lizard and the closely-related Gila monster, both of which live in northern Mexico and the southwest United States.
		The chief impact of lizards on humans is positive; they are significant predators of pest species; numerous species are prominent in the pet trade; some are eaten as food (for example, iguanas in Central America); and lizard symbology plays important, though rarely predominant roles in some cultures (e.g.
		Lizards in the Scincomorpha family, which include skinks (such as the blue-tailed skink), often have shiny, iridescent scales that appear moist.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lizard (633 words)

	The Dallas World Aquarium
		The skin or armor of the Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum alvarezi) is composed of beaded scales that protects the lizard from the sharp teeth and claws of its enemies.
		The Mexican beaded lizard is immune to the venom of other poisonous lizards and rattlesnakes, which is deadly to most desert creatures.
		Mexican beaded lizards can eat up to half their weight at one time and store extra fat in their tail for a long sleepy winter.
	www.dwazoo.com /mundomaya/level1.php (805 words)

	Lizard
		Lizard is the common name for members of the most diverse of the 5 groups of living REPTILES.
		Snakes are thought to have evolved from lizard ancestors that underwent reduction of limbs, eyes and ears while adapting to a burrowing lifestyle.
		The world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, is a monitor lizard that attacks and kills deer and wild pigs, and has been known to attack humans.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004728 (646 words)

	Welcome to the L.A. Zoo
		Mexican beaded lizards are found in western Mexico and in Guatemala.
		The Mexican beaded lizard is mainly nocturnal during the summer and diurnal during cooler winter months.
		The Mexican beaded lizard is facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future because their habitat is being destroyed by farming and by burning and clearing of brush.
	www.lazoo.org /animalfact_arch.asp?id=5 (363 words)

	BugInfo.com \| Information on All Your Household Bugs and Pests
		Lizards, in particular, seem to be everywhere and in great variety, from the amazingly fast ring-necked lizards to the fat chuckwallas, which cram themselves into crevices to hide, and give off a loud "hiss" as they inhale air to jam themselves in even tighter as a defense against their enemies.
		I have had one or two of the large Alligator lizards clamp down on my finger with their strong jaws, and this didn't feel so hot, but there is no venom involved and they would do this only in response to a threat to them.
		Lizards can be fairly long-lived animals, ranging from just a few years as with the smaller Fence Lizards, to as much as 28 years with that large Mexican Beaded Lizard.
	www.buginfo.com /articles/lizards.cfm (1800 words)

	Mexican Beaded Lizard, Heloderma horridum, Family: Helodermatidae
		Mexican Beaded Lizards are found throughout central and western Mexico from latitude 25 southward to northern Central America.
		In captivity Mexican Beaded lizards will eat commercially available foods, pinkies, mice, and small rats when they are adults.
		Because this is a venomous lizard, be sure that the lizard is kept in an enclosure that has a lid to prevent its escape.
	animal-world.com /encyclo/reptiles/lizards_venomous/BeadedLizard.php (1293 words)

	The Virtual Zoo: Lizard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Some lizards like crocodile lizard of China and the brown water lizard of South America even have become semi-aquatic, while the gecko are well-adapted to living on dry deserts.
		Lizards are cold-blooded animals, meaning their body temperatures are affected by the environment.
		The key organ in lizard's sense of smell is the Jacobson's organs.
	library.thinkquest.org /11922/reptiles/lizards.htm (425 words)

	Gila monster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gila monster (pronounced HEE-la, IPA pronunciation: [hilə]) (Heloderma suspectum) is a species of venomous lizard that lives in the deserts of the southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico.
		It is closely related to the Mexican beaded lizard.
		It was thought to be one of only two venomous lizards, but recent discoveries have shown that iguanas and monitor lizards also produce venom [2].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gila_Monster (402 words)

	venomouslizards.com-Beaded Lizard-Gila Monster-Gila Monsters-venomous lizards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) is a species of lizard that was once thought to be one of only two species of venomous lizards.
		The "beaded lizard" or Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum) is found in Mexico.
		Adult Mexican beaded lizards range from 13 to 18 inches (33 to 46 cm) in length.
	www.venomouslizards.com (406 words)

	spbeaded (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mexican Beaded Lizards are covered in a pebble-textured skin, giving them their beaded appearance, and vary in color and pattern depending upon subspecies and locality.
		Mexican Beaded Lizards are generally dark brown or fl with varying patterns of yellow spots, circles and bands.
		Although Mexican beaded lizards are venomous, and dangerously so, they tend to be calm as adults and are definitely one of the easiest venomous animals to work with, in my opinion.
	www.auntievenom.com /spbeaded.html (391 words)

	ANIMAL BYTES - Mexican Beaded Lizard
		The lizard inhabits desert scrub and tropical thorn woodlands.
		The Mexican beaded lizard and its close relative, the gila monster (Heloderma suspectum), are the only two venomous lizards in the world.
		Beaded lizards play a pivotal role in the desert ecology of the American southwest.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordates/craniata/reptilia/squamata/mexican-beaded-lizard-0.htm (261 words)

	eMedicine - Lizard Envenomations : Article Excerpt by: Robert Norris, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The beaded lizard is found only in Mexico, south of the location range of the Gila monster.
		The beaded lizard is larger than the Gila monster, reaching almost a meter in length, whereas the Gila monster's maximal size is approximately 0.5 m.
		The venoms of these 2 lizards are remarkably similar and contain a number of components, including L-amino acid oxidase, hyaluronidase, phospholipase A, serotonin, and highly active kallikreins that release vasoactive kinins.
	www.emedicine.com /emerg/byname/lizard-envenomations.htm (447 words)

	Beaded lizard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		A large stubby lizard with beaded skin, a blunt, squarish head with no light markings, and a tail that is banded and longer than the snout-vent length.
		Though similar to the Gila monster in form, beaded lizards prefer forested habitats in the mountain foothills.
		Beaded lizards are closely related to the Gila monsters of Arizona and adjacent areas, and together represent the only living members of the Platynota outside the Old World.
	www.curator.org /LegacyVMNH/WebOfLife/Kingdom/P_Chordata/ClassReptilia/O_Squamata/InfraAnguimorphan/SupFVaranoidea/FHelodermatidae/beaded_lizard.htm (188 words)

	Interesting Lizard Facts - PetPlace.com
		When lizards flutter the underside of their throats they are moving air past the Jacobsen’s organ.
		Herbivorous lizards such as the green iguana can conserve water by excreting excess salt from the blood stream through a nasal “salt gland.” This is what produces the crusty white substance often sneezed out by iguanas.
		Records for lizard longevity may be held by a Mexican beaded lizard (33 years 11 months) and a Cayman Island ground iguana (33 years 5 months).
	www.petplace.com /reptiles/interesting-lizard-facts/page1.aspx (771 words)

	LiveScience.com - The Surprising Origin of Venom Revealed
		Lizards were said to have developed it around 100 million years ago, independent of their legless cousins.
		This supports the idea that snakes and venomous lizards evolved from a common venomous ancestor, and after connecting the DNA dots, Fry and his colleagues traced venom to a single origin 200 million years ago.
		Although lizard venom is just as strong as that of many snakes, it's not as much of a concern to humans.
	www.livescience.com /animalworld/051117_lizard_venom.html (481 words)

	San Antonio Zoo and Aquarium - Meet Our Animals - Mexican Beaded Lizard
		General:The world's only venomous lizards, the Mexican Beaded Lizard and its close relative the gila monster (Heloderma suspectum), hold on with bulldog tenacity when they bite.
		The lizards feed on rodents and on the eggs and young of ground-nesting birds.
		Beaded lizards are active primarily at dusk and after dark, escaping the heat of day in abandoned burrows, under rocks, or in tunnels they have dug themselves.
	www.sazoo-aq.org /animalexhibits/mexicanbeadedlizard.html (131 words)

	Lizards - The Merck Veterinary Manual
		Lizards may be insectivorous (eg, day and leopard gecko, whiptail lizard, anole, chameleon), carnivorous (eg, varanids such as monitor lizard, Gila monster, Mexican beaded lizard), omnivorous (eg, many iguanid and agamid species), or herbivorous (eg, iguanid species, prehensile-tailed skink).
		Insectivorous lizards in captivity are usually fed diets of mealworm larvae or crickets.
		Omnivorous lizards are usually fed a combination of foods including insects, vertebrate prey, and a chopped vegetable mixture (see tortoises, Tortoises, for vegetable mix).
	www.merckvetmanual.com /mvm/htm/bc/182426.htm (383 words)

	Beaded Anklets
		1) " Beaded" -- In the context of Beaded Anklets
		Lizard 24: wo lizard species are venom ous: the Mexican beaded lizard and the Gila monster, both of which
		Mud Islands 17: lised by a saltmarsh of Austral Sea-blite and Beaded and Shrubby Glasswort.
	www.lottery-news.net /dust18544-beaded_anklets.html (452 words)

	Lizard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Some lizard species called " glass snakes " or " glass lizards " have no functional legs though there some vestigial skeletal leg structures.
		Other small lizards are harmless to humans species native to North America for example are incapable of drawing with their bites).
		Lizards in the Scincomorpha family which include skinks (such as the blue-tailed skink) often have shiny iridescent scales that moist.
	www.freeglossary.com /Lizard (702 words)

	Horridum Angeli - Beaded Lizards (Heloderma horridum)
		The Mexican Beaded Lizard is one of only two venomous lizards in the world, the other being the Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum).
		The lizard uses its venom primarily as a defensive weapon.
		A Rio Fuerte beaded lizard in climbing a tree.
	www.helodermahorridum.com /beaded_lizard.php (563 words)

	Glasgow Zoo - Now Closed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		There are two species of poisonous lizard in the world, the Gila Monster and Mexican Beaded Lizard both to be seen here at Glasgow Zoopark.
		This means a lizard has to get rid of its skin of hard scales and grow another one.
		This is done several times each year, and some lizards will shed also in the breeding season replacing their old skin with brightly coloured skin to attract a mate.
	www.glasgowzoo.co.uk /articles/coldblooded/lizards.php (347 words)

	Lizards
		Fertilization in lizards is internal, with the male being equipped with two hemipenes (instead of one, as in crocodilians and turtles).
		While many lizards are oviparous, depositing their eggs in the soil, others are live-bearing.
		Only two species of lizards are venomous, the gila monster and Mexican beaded lizard, which are found in the deserts of Arizona and northern Mexico.
	bioweb.uwlax.edu /zoolab/Table_of_Contents/Lab-9a/Reptiles/Lizards/lizards.htm (244 words)

	Poisonous lizards, Eastern Carolina
		Venom enters the bite wound by dripping down grooves in the teeth rather than being injected through fangs, as it is with poisonous snakes.
		Lizards tend to hang on to their victims, making them hard to remove once they have bitten.
		Tissue may be damaged either from the bite itself or from attempts to remove the lizard.
	www.uhseast.com /163402.cfm (278 words)

	Poisonous lizards
		and the Mexican beaded lizard are two types of poisonous lizards found in North America.
		Poisonous lizards do not generally bite unless they are handled.
		However, lizard bites are less likely to be dry than are snakebites.
	www.webmd.com /hw/health_guide_atoz/th1370.asp?printing=true (228 words)

	Gila Wilderness Area Information Page
		Its relative, the Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum), is slightly larger (to 80 cm) and darker.
		These heavy bodied lizards are easily distinguished from nonvenomous species by the bead-like surface and yellow or coral colored pattern of their skin.
		This may be done by placing a strong stick between the bitten part and the back of the lizard's mouth and pushing against the rear of the jaw.
	www.gilawilderness.com /infopg/index.html (1131 words)

	Beaded lizard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In Mexico H. horridum, the Mexican Beaded Lizard, is sympatric with H. suspectum insouthern Sonora and beaded lizard.
		Ecology of the beaded lizard,Heloderma horridum in a tropical dry forest in Jalisco, Mexico beaded lizard..
		The Gila monster and its close relative, the Mexican beaded lizard, beaded lizard.
	www.centergifts.com /beaded+lizard.html (281 words)

	The Living Desert - Gila Monster
		The gila monster is a stout-bodied lizard with a blunt head and an extraordinary thick tail.
		The gila monster is a venomous lizard but it is not aggressive.
		The venom is not injected like that of a snake but flows into the wound as the lizard chews on its victim.
	www.livingdesert.org /animals/gila_monster.asp (366 words)

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