Details

North America
N/A

Gila monster
Heloderma suspectum


Head and neck: Head relatively large, black; scales enlarged, round, convex; dorsal of head is pale pink or orange in color; snout rounded.

Body: black with pale pink or orange round spots and reticulating patterns; round convex tubercles throughout the body and tail.

Limbs and tail: same color as body; limbs short; digits slender; tail is short but thick; pointed terminally.


More Than 1 Foot But Less Than 3 Feet
Black
Pet
Animalia
Reptile
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Sauria
Helodermatidae
Non-Native