Heloderma

Heloderma
Temporal range: Early Miocene to Recent
Gila monster, Heloderma suspectum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Neoanguimorpha
Clade: Monstersauria
Family: Helodermatidae
Genus: Heloderma
Wiegmann, 1829
Type species
Heloderma horridum
Wiegmann, 1829
Species

Heloderma is a genus of toxicoferan lizards that contains five species, all of which are venomous.[1] It is the only extant genus of the family Helodermatidae.

  1. ^ "POISINDEX(R) TOXICOLOGIC MANAGEMENTS Topic: GILA MONSTER (HELODERMA SUSPECTUM)".