Gila Monster
Heloderma suspectum

• Order: Squamata
• Family: Helodermatidae
• Species: Heloderma suspectum (hee-low-DERM-uh sus-PEK-tum)
• Common English Names: Gila Monster
• Common Spanish Names: Escorpión del Norte

Heloderma suspectum. Photographer: Dr. Carl S. Lieb. Maricopa Mts., Maricopa Co., AZ.

Last Update: 12 Jul 2009