Mexican Beaded Lizard is a venomous lizard native to Mexico and southern Guatemala, found in desert, tropical deciduous forest and thorn scrub habitat along the Pacific and Atlantic drainages. Adults range from 57 to 91 centimeters long, considerably larger than the related Gila monster, and are covered in beadlike scales underlaid with bony structures; it hunts reptile and bird eggs, and some compounds in its venom have been studied for pharmacological properties useful in treating diabetes.
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Classification
Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Mexican Beaded Lizard (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Mexico, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Mexican Beaded Lizard
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2. GBIF Species API
3. Mexican Beaded Lizard (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q301084 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Helodermatidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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