Heloderma horridum

Heloderma horridum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Monstersauria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Cladus: Monstersauria

Familia: Helodermatidae
Genus: Heloderma
Species: Heloderma horridum

Name

Heloderma horridum (Wiegmann, 1829)

• Holotype: ZMB 483.
• Type locality: “native to the fields of Cuernavaca”, Morelos, Mexico.

Combinations

• Trachyderma horridum Wiegmann, 1829: 421 [original combination]
• Heloderma horridum — Wiegmann, 1829: 627 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Heloderma hernandesii Wiegmann, 1834: 7

References

Primary references

• Wiegmann, A. 1829. Über die Gesetzlichkeit in der geographischen Verbreitung der Saurier. Isis von Oken 22(3): 418–428. BHL
• Wiegmann, A. 1829. Über das Acaltetepon oder Temacuilcahuya des Hernandez, eine neue Gattung der Saurier. Isis von Oken 22(4): 624–629. BHL
• Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1834. Herpetologia Mexicana, seu descriptio amphibiorum novae hispaniae, quae itineribus comitis de Sack, Ferdinandi Deppe et Chr. Guil. Schiede im Museum Zoologicum Berolinense Pervenerunt. Pars prima, saurorum species. Berlin, Lüderitz, iv + 54 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bogert, C.M. & Martín del Campo, R. 1956. The gila monster and its allies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 109: 1–238.
• Reiserer, R.S., Schuett, G.W. & Beck, D.D. 2013. Taxonomic reassessment and conservation status of the beaded lizard, Heloderma horridum (Squamata: Helodermatidae). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 7(1): 74–96. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Domínguez-Vega, H. & Beck, D. 2021. IUCN: Heloderma horridum  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T181152163A181152647. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T181152163A181152647.en. Accessed on 14 June 2023.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Skorpion-Krustenechse
• English: Mexican Beaded Lizard
• français: Lézard perlé
• ไทย: กิ้งก่าลูกปัด
• Türkçe: Meksika boncuklu keleri

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