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Heloderma suspectum Cope, 1869

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Cope, E. D. [Protocol of the March 9, 1869 meeting].

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Squamata
family
Helodermatidae
genus
Heloderma
species
Heloderma suspectum

Name

Homonyms
Heloderma suspectum Cope, 1869
Common names
Banded Gila Monster [cinctum] in English
Gila Monster in English
Gila Monster in English
Gila monster in language.
Gila monster in English
Lagarto de Gila in Spanish
Monstruo del Gila in Spanish
Reticulate Gila Monster [suspectum] in English
Gila Monster in English
Lézard perlé in French
Monstre de gila in French
Monstruo de Gila in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, Jonathan A. Campbell, Kevin de Queiroz, et al., 2012: Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding, Seventh Ed.. Herpetological Circular, no. 39. 1-92.
  3. Douglas, Michael E., Marlis R. Douglas, Gordon W. Schuett, Daniel D. Beck, and Brian K. Sullivan, 2010: Conservation phylogenetics of helodermatid lizards using multiple molecular markers and a supertree approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 55, no. 1. 153-167.
  4. Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
  5. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2011: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Utah Population of the Gila Monster as an Endangered or a Threatened Distinct Population Segment. Federal Register, vol. 76, no. 119. 36049-36053.
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