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Definition of Mexican beaded lizard
1. Noun. Lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales; of western Mexico.
Generic synonyms: Venomous Lizard
Group relationships: Genus Heloderma, Heloderma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mexican Beaded Lizard
Literary usage of Mexican beaded lizard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"... o\ but Two Species—The Gila Monster and ibe Mexican beaded lizard—Both of the
Genus HELODERMA Descriptions of the Species—Their Habits HEAVY-BODIED, ..."
2. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"... and Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum). Several species commonly
thought of as desert dwellers actually occur in the tropical deciduous forest ..."
3. Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians by Junius Henderson, John Peabody Harrington (1914)
"of the New World appear to be the Gila monster and the Mexican beaded lizard,
neither of which occurs in northern New Mexico. Among the snakes the only ..."
4. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"While there are only two species of venomous lizards, the gila monster and the
Mexican beaded lizard both from the Americas, there are numerous poisonous ..."
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