Heloderma charlesbogerti

Guatemalan beaded lizard[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Helodermatidae
Genus: Heloderma
Species:
H. charlesbogerti
Binomial name
Heloderma charlesbogerti
Synonyms[4]
  • Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti
    Campbell & Vannini, 1988
  • Heloderma charlesbogerti
    — Reiserer, Schuett & Beck, 2013

The Guatemalan beaded lizard (Heloderma charlesbogerti), also called commonly the Motagua Valley beaded lizard, is a highly endangered species of beaded lizard, a venomous lizard in the family Helodermatidae. The species is endemic to the dry forests of the Motagua Valley in southeastern Guatemala,[5] an ecoregion known as the Motagua Valley thornscrub.[6] It is the only allopatric beaded lizard species, separated from the nearest population (H. alvarezi) by 250 km (160 mi) of unsuitable habitat.[7] The Guatemalan beaded lizard is the rarest and most endangered species of beaded lizard, and it is believed that fewer than 200 individuals of this animal exist in the wild, making it one of the most endangered lizards in the world.[8] In 2007, it was transferred from Appendix II to Appendix I of CITES due to its critical conservation status.[9]

  1. ^ "Heloderma charlesbogerti ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  2. ^ Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Gil-Escobedo, J. (2021). "Heloderma charlesbogerti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T181151381A181151790. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Appendices". CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024. Listed as Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti.
  4. ^ Species Heloderma charlesbogerti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  5. ^ Ariano-Sánchez, Daniel; Salazar, Gilberto (2007). "Notes on the distribution of the endangered lizard, Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti, in the dry forests of eastern Guatemala: an application of multi-criteria evaluation to conservation". Iguana 14: 152-158.
  6. ^ "Motagua Valley thornscrub". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  7. ^ Campbell, Jonathan A.; Vannini, Jay P. (1988). "A new subspecies of beaded lizard, Heloderma horridum, from the Motagua Valley of Guatemala". Journal of Herpetology. 22 (4): 457–468. doi:10.2307/1564340. JSTOR 1564340.
  8. ^ Beck, Daniel D. (2005). Biology of Gila Monsters and Beaded Lizards (Organisms and Environments). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 247. ISBN 0-520-24357-9.
  9. ^ Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. 2007. Resume of the 14th Convention of the Parts. The Hague. The Netherlands.