Southwest Reptiles and Amphibians
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Gila Monster - Heloderma suspectum
Reticulate Gila Monster - Heloderma suspectum suspectum
Cope, 1869
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| Adult, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona. | ||
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| Adult, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona | Wild-caught captive adult, Arizona. © Gary Nafis. Specimen courtesy of Randy Babb. |
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| Adult, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona |
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| Habitat | ||
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| Habitat, Pinal County, Arizona | Habitat, Maricopa County, Arizona | Habitat, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona |
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| Habitat, Yavapai County, Arizona | Habitat, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona |
Habitat, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona |
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| Habitat, Pima County, Arizona | ||
| Short Video and Sounds | ||
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| A Gila Monster crawls around in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona. |
A Reticulate Gila Monster in Pima County, Arizona, wiggles its tail in an apparent "tail decoy" movement. © Steve Bledsoe | |
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| A recording of the hissing exhalations of a disturbed Gila Monster. © Jeff Rice / Western Soundscape Archive Not to be used without permission. Captive specimen courtesy of Frank Lundburg. |
A recording of the hissing of an upset captive adult courtesy of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. © Jeff Rice / Western Soundscape Archive Not to be used without permission. |
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