1. Gila Monster - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia The Gila monster, Heloderma suspectum, is a species of venomous lizard native to the southwestern United States and northerwestern Mexican state of Sonora. A heavy, slow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gila_monster

Gila monster From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Gila monster Conservation status Near Threatened IUCN 3.1 Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Superfamily: Varanoidea Family: Helodermatidae Genus: Heloderma Species: H. suspectum Binomial name Heloderma suspectum Cope The Gila monster (pronounced /ˈhiːlə/ , HEE-la), Heloderma suspectum , is a species of venomous lizard native to the southwestern United States and northerwestern Mexican state of Sonora beaded lizard H. horridum Though the Gila monster is venomous, its sluggish nature means that it represents little threat to humans. However, it has earned a fearsome reputation and is sometimes killed by hikers and homeowners despite being protected by state law in Arizona and Nevada Contents Taxonomy and etymology Distribution and habitat Ecology Diet ... edit Taxonomy and etymology There are two subspecies of Gila monster: the reticulate Gila monster ( H. suspectum suspectum ) and the banded Gila monster ( H. suspectum cinctum

2. Illustrator Berkeley Breathed On His Shelter Dogs | Modern Dog Magazine - The Be Why don't bears or gila lizards or marmosets feel this need? I'm intrigued by anyone accepting my flaws with such little reservation, my wife especially. http://www.moderndogmagazine.com/articles/illustrator-berkeley-breathed-his-shel

@import "/files/css/1509dab80e06f085be43024547a29985.css"; The lifestyle magazine for modern dogs and their companions facebook twitter rss ... free stuff A Gift a Day Nov 14 // Click Here related pages New Yorker Cartoons Artist Matt Rinard Mark Ulriksen Subscribe to this feed Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Tell A Friend! Illustrator Berkeley Breathed On His Shelter Dogs By Birgitte Jorgensen It's not a tittle to warm the hearts of dog huggers, and it's improbable that the three-legged canine on the cover would ever grace the centre spread of a puppy-of-the-month calendar. Unless, that is, the artist is Berkeley Breathed, the Pulitzer Prize-winning illustrator best known for his comic strips Bloom County and Outland, and the book is inspired by the ongoing tragedy of an estimated six to eight million dogs and cats in U.S. pet shelters, half of whom are destined for euthanization. Pets discarded because they are considered too big, too loud, too rambunctious, too old, too smelly, too tattooed and too chartreuse (you'll just have to read the book), or simply too homely to parade on a leash are the subject of Breathed's wicked wit and delightfully skewed visual imagination. His new book of gloriously "flawed dogs," with their lopsided grins, crossed bug-eyes, scrawny legs, epic flatulence, nasty habits and beastly halitosis can't make the grade in a society so image-conscious that even animals must now conform to its contrived standards of beauty and perfection.

3. Sonoran Lizards BioPark International, Inc. (BPI) provides educational material focusing on the organisms, peoples, and cultures of the Americas. http://www.biopark.org/lizards.html

LOTS OF LIZARDS In the Sonoran Desert, lizards are particularly conspicuous to the casual observer because so many are diurnally active. Most species are carnivorous and the majority are important consumers of insects. A few, like the common collared lizard ( Crotaphytus collaris ) eat other vertebrates, including their own young. Like the desert spiny lizard ( Sceloporus magister ), they are occasionally omnivorous, eating blossoms and buds in the spring. Few are primarily plant eaters like the common chuckwalla ( Sauromalus obesus ) and desert iguana ( Dipsosaurus dorsalis ). In both species, the young are well-known to eat insects while the adults are chiefly or exclusively herbivorous. The well-known Gila monster ( Heloderma suspectum ) is one of two living venomous lizards. It is a predatory scavenger specializing in the eggs and helpless young of reptiles, birds, and small mammals. Its brief surface sojourns from subterranean retreats occur mainly in April and May, the best seasonal window for activity requiring moderate daytime temperatures and reaping an energy bonanza from the spring bounty of eggs and nestlings. Gila monsters spend about 98% of their lives underground.

4. The Gila Monster By Iona Seibert Hiser - Used Books - Hardcover - 1972 - From M Keywords GILA LIZARDS JUVENILE WILDLIFE. Bookseller catalogs Childrens; Subjects JUVENILE FICTION / General; http://www.biblio.com/childrens/the-gila-monster-hiser-iona-seibert-1972~ctbk~31

New To Biblio? Your Account Need Help? Sign In ... Cart items Find books by keyword or ISBN: Find books by author: Find books by title: Home M Hofferber Books More shop categories Used Books Used book search Browse used books by subject Books with free shipping Used books by author Rare Books JUST ARRIVED RARE BOOKS Find rare books Collectible children's books Signed books ... Book repair and preservation Out of Print Books Out-of-print book search New Books Save on new books New books by author Textbooks Discount textbooks Textbook buyback K-12 textbooks Guide to buying textbooks online newsletter sign-up Sign up to receive special Biblio.com offers and updates. Customer Service Price: $ 4.00 to USA Calculate shipping 30 Day Return Guarantee Email to a Friend Ask a question or discuss this book The Gila Monster by Hiser, Iona Seibert Book condition: Very Good Book Description Hardcover, Very Good text with no dustjacket; library binding with illustrated boards. Illustrated by J.M. Roever. Ex-library with markings, card pocket. Book Details The Gila Monster by Hiser, Iona Seibert

5. Gila Monster (DesertUSA) All about the poisonous Gila Monster, includes color photos, scientific names, common names, description, behavior, range, habitats and life cycle. http://www.desertusa.com/sep97/du_gilamonster.html

6. �kenterrarium - Kolm�rdens Tropicarium The environment will be a dry desert, some cactuses, and hides in the ground where we will insert a special window, so you can watch the Gila lizards in their refuge. http://www.tropicarium.se/index.php?id=90&ChangeLang=en&lang=en

7. Lizard - Simple English Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia A lizard is a kind of reptile. They are the Suborder Lacertilia, also called Sauria. Alternatively, they and the snakes are the Order Squamata. There are about 3,800 species, which live http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard

Lizard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Lizard Fossil range: Jurassic - Recent "Lacertilia", from Ernst Haeckel 's Kunstformen der Natur Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Sauropsida Order: Squamata Suborder: Lacertilia Günther A lizard is a kind of reptile . They are the Suborder Lacertilia , also called Sauria . Alternatively, they and the snakes are the Order Squamata There are about 3,800 species, which live all over the world, except in cold climates . One type, the marine iguana, lives in the sea . Size varies greatly, ranging from 5 inches to the Komodo dragon 's 9 feet and 150 pounds. Some kinds of lizard are: Basilisk Gecko Iguana Monitor lizard ... Slow-worm : a lizard without legs. Contents Simplified classification Alternative view Natural history Anatomy ... change Simplified classification Suborder Lacertilia (Sauria) Infraorder Iguania: Iguanas chameleons agamas and relatives. Infraorder Gekkota: Geckos , legless lizards, blind lizards. Infraorder Scincomorpha: Skinks , wall lizards and relatives.

8. Lizard Venom Drug For Diabetes. - Free Online Library The new drug, Exenatide, derived from a hormone secreted by the small rodenteating gila lizards of the American deserts, may offer an alternative. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lizard venom drug for diabetes.-a0104576518

CacheBuster('') Printer Friendly 18,416,982 articles and books Periodicals Literature Keyword Title Author Topic Member login User name Password Remember me Join us Forgot password? Submit articles free The Free Library ... The Daily Mail (London, England) artId=104576518;usrSelf=false; Lizard venom drug for diabetes. AN EXPERIMENTAL new drug derived from the venom of a poisonous lizard could be the most successful treatment yet for Type II diabetes Type II diabetes Type II diabetes is the most common form of diabetes and usually appears in middle aged adults. It is often associated with obesity and may be delayed or controlled with diet and exercise. Mentioned in: Diabetic Ketoacidosis , which is usually associated with obesity. Up to 1.2 million people suffer from this form of the disease, which occurs when the body does not respond to insulin, or when the amount produced is not enough to service the larger body. Type II diabetes is increasing at an alarming rate worldwide, and is treated through weight loss or by using drugs that stimulate the pancreas to produce more insulin. But the usual prescribed drugs do not work for some diabetics and can cause side-effects, including weight gain. The new drug, Exenatide, derived from a hormone secreted by the small rodenteating gila lizards of the American deserts, may offer an alternative. It works by mimicking a human hormone that regulates insulin - resulting in lower

9. GIla Lizard Fact Sheet Gila lizards are immune to their own venom, so biting during this process is not fatal. Actual mating begins in late spring and toward the beginning of summer, with egg laying in http://www.saczoo.com/Document.Doc?id=363

10. PLATED LIZARDS Interestingly enough Gila lizards, who also have a tough outside, come from desert regions but in captivity like to soak. Don't leave your bathing plateds in for too long if you http://www.cyberlizard.plus.com/plateds1.html

Last updated: 4 October 2004. Updated sections on diet and corrected some minor errors, improved the layout and finally, in response to some requests, changed the page colour! My experiences with and observations of Plated Lizards Gerrhosaurus major History Sexing Feeding Tameness ... Bibliography History While my wife and I were looking at acquiring our first lizards in PetWorld in 1996 (see Leopard Geckos ), I noticed a pair of much larger brown lizards in a tank nearby. Unlike the tubercular thin skin of the geckos, the skins of these creatures were covered in square plates and they were long, solid-bodied but at the same time streamlined animals. Most fascinating of all, they had rather obvious ear openings in the sides of their heads that light seemed to shine through from the other side. I was fascinated by these plated lizards. At the time I considered it was a big enough commitment taking on two smallish geckos, so I thought no further about these. But we used to go down to the shop regularly for food for our new pets, and I used to go and have a look at what reptiles were being sold that week. Geckos, skinks and iguanas seemed to come and go, plus a few snakes, but the plated lizards seemed to have become part of the furniture. They were there, week in, week out, looking rather flat and listless in their tank, climbing over each other when they moved about. I did some reading up from the library and my own books, and eventually established that they were Gerrhosaurus major , aka the Sudan Plated Lizard, mostly found in southern Africa. Some books hinted they were a bit problematic. I thought about it some more, but found myself always going back to look at them.

11. Gila Monsters - Captivity General resource of breeders, rescues, and associations, including a selection of Gila Monster pictures and informational links. http://www.gila-monster.org/gila-monsters-captivity.htm

Gila Monsters - Captivity Gila Monsters Pictures Thousands of Pet Pictures, Classifieds, Ecards. Pets for Sale, Pet of the Month, Pet Products. www.GotPetsOnline.com Advertise here Gila Monsters - Reproduction Source: DrSeward.com Dr. Mark Seward Gila Monsters mate in the early summer. Males typically flick their tongue to search for the females scent. A female may object to a male. In this case, she tends to bite him and crawl away. The female lays her eggs in July or August. She buries them about 5 inches below the surface. The clutch usually consists of five eggs, but may be as large as thirteen eggs. The process of incubation lasts about ten to twelve months. The eggs are incubated over the winter season. The hatchlings appear during the period of April to June. Gila Monsters - In Captivity Only Gila Monsters that were captive born can be legally and successfully kept in captivity. These hardy lizards can make very interesting pets provided their owner is knowledgeable about the species, its upkeep, and care. It is recommended to house them individually. These reptiles require three to three and one half square feet of floor space. An aquarium or a large clear container can be quite suitable for them. Gila Monsters are diggers. The substrate can include playground sand, newspaper, bark chips, or some naturalistic substrate. There should be maintained appropriate temperature and humidity in the Gila Monster's enclosure. Gila Monsters are diurnal. A schedule of 8 hours of light, 16 hours of darkness should be provided after hibernation. In the summer, the period of light hours should be increased up to 14. Gila Monsters should be fed several prey items once or twice a week.

12. Poisons - Archives Of Lusternian Lore Gila Lizards Skarch Desert Escozul Powersap Antidote Bloated Parasites Astral Pisces Hadrudin Disloyalty Love Black Scorpions Blasted Lands http://lusternia.com/lore/index.php/Poisons

13. ADW: Varanoidea: Classification Superfamily Varanoidea (monitor lizards, earless monitor lizards, gila lizards, and snakes) http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Varanoidea.ht

Overview News Technology Conditions of Use ... Home Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Reptilia Order Squamata Suborder Autarchoglossa Superfamily Varanoidea Superfamily Varanoidea (monitor lizards, earless monitor lizards, gila lizards, and snakes) Pictures Specimens Classification What do these icons mean? The icons tell you what features are available for that taxon. Information Pictures Specimens Sounds Selecting an icon will take you directly to that feature. Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order ? Please see our brief essay Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World Parent taxa Infraorder Anguimorpha Superfamily Varanoidea (monitor lizards, earless monitor lizards, gila lizards, and snakes) Family Helodermatidae (gila monsters) Family Lanthanotidae (earless monitor lizards) Suborder Serpentes (snakes) Henophidia (boas, pythons, and relatives)

14. Gila Monster (Heloderma Suspectum) Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) Order Squamata Family Helodermatidae (venomous beaded lizards) Spanish name escorpi n. Distinguishing Features http://www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd_gila.php

Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum) - Skip Links Visit Us About Us ASDM Master Calendar ... Return to the Table of Contents Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) Order: Squamata Family: Helodermatidae (venomous beaded lizards) Spanish name: escorpi�n Distinguishing Features Click to hear Gila Monster sounds Range The bulk of this lizard�s range is in western and southern Arizona, continuing to southern Sonora, Mexico, but it can also be found in extreme southeastern California, southern Nevada, extreme southwestern Utah, and southwestern New Mexico. Habitat The Gila monster is most commonly found in mountain foothills dominated by saguaros and palo verde trees. It also uses washes that extend down into valleys. It may use burrows dug by other animals, or construct burrows of its own. Life History Comments Gila monsters are one of only two venomous lizards known to occur in the world. The other, the beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum), is found in southern Sonora and further south in thornscrub and tropical deciduous forest. Venom is produced in glands in the lower jaw and expressed along grooved teeth as the animal bites. Once the lizard bites, it generally holds on and chews more of the venom into its victim. Though the bite is rarely life-threatening to humans, it may cause pain, edema, bleeding, nausea and vomiting. A Gila monster�s venom is believed to be a defensive weapon. The animal probably does not need venom to subdue its defenseless prey and the intense pain caused by the venom readily causes a predator to change its mind. Before biting, the lizard will hiss, gape, and back away from its would-be attacker. If these efforts fail, it will bite with amazing speed. Gila monsters should not be handled!

15. Fast & Fabulous: Recent Events And Photos - 1998 San Francisco - Los Angeles AID I take a few photos of riders who have adorned their helmets with various accoutrements, including Energizer bunnies and Gila lizards (presumably neither are alive). http://www.fastnfab.org/PhotosEvents/1998sanfranla.htm

New York's Lesbian and Gay Cycling Club Home Sign-In Sheet (PDF) By-Laws (PDF) Who We Are ... The Last Word Site Updated: 1998 San Francisco - Los Angeles AIDS Ride Bob Nelson "Scenic" isn't enough to describe California. On the AIDS Ride, there would always be a range of mountains plastered against the horizon, an ocean to the right or fields stretching away to eternity. From a cyclist's point of view, that also means there were plenty of climbs, usually with a team of AIDS Ride crew to cheer us on with bullhorns and the ubiquitous Clif bars. Here I am somewhere on the ride. We went by so many pleasant seaside communities with marinas that I can't remember which one this was. Santa Barbara, maybe? Mark couldn't tolerate protease inhibitors, and in the summer of 1997 he was in and out of St. Vincent's Hospital with an inoperable, AIDS-related intestinal tumor. I spoke with him on the phone occasionally, and a couple of other riders and I made a point of visiting him in St. Vincent's, where he looked like any other person in the last stages of AIDS - thin, haggard, still in denial. The hospital let him go home to die, and his partner, Gene, wouldn't let him come to the phone to talk because it tired him so. In September, to no one's surprise, he was dead. In December, his cycling buddies principally Paul Sullivan and Katie Marion and a dozen or so others from the Five Borough Bike Club got together to remember him, with both a memorial service at St. Luke in the Fields and a cyclist service over the George Washington Bridge to Fort Lee. (Gay men have no monopoly on early death. Paul, the director of the annual Five Borough Bike Tour and a bike geek if ever there was one, was in his mid-40s when he died of diabetes in September 1999. I've added him to my pantheon of men to memorialize.)

16. Swollen Lymph Nodes And Vertigo - Symptom Checker - Check Medical Symptoms At Wr Gila lizards are one of the few venomous species of lizard. They are found in parts of America such as Arizona, California, Nevada and Mexico. http://symptoms.wrongdiagnosis.com/cosymptoms/swollen-lymph-nodes/vertigo-desc.h

17. Lizards Snakes Alive! American Museum Of Natural History The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent institutions for scientific research and education, with collections of more than 32 million specimens and http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/lizards/sounds.php

18. Gila Monster Gila Monster DesertUSA . Click on the thumbnail image below to get a fullsized image. gecko photo John Hollister http://library.thinkquest.org/5135/gila_monster.htm

Gila Monster � DesertUSA Click on the thumbnail image below to get a full-sized image. gecko photo � John Hollister Gila Monsters Gila Monsters live in North American deserts, and are one of two poisonous lizards found there. They can grow over eighteen inches long! Like most lizards, Gila Monsters are sort of either or lizards. They're active daytime and nightime...depending on the temperature. It will roam the desert at night in during hot times of the year. When it is very hot and dry, the Gila Monster can't go out in the day because it would lose too much moisture in the hot sun. When a Gila Monster wants to find food like a mouse, he stays still until he can quickly grab it. Then he holds onto the food with it's claws, and poison flows from his teeth into the animal. Bon appetite! When it hibernates in winter, its body lives on the fat it stores in its tail, so its tail gets smaller. During summer, it supplies more fat for next year, and its tail gets fatter again. Geckos Geckos are found in a lot of the world's deserts.

19. YouTube - Gila Monster Lizard Gila Monster Lizard in Arizona by the Arizona Game and Fish Department http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCgUy_8i3_4

20. Poisonous Lizards: The Gila Monster And Beaded Lizard Fearsome in appearance and deliberate in movement, the Gila monster and its Mexican cousin, the beaded lizard, are the only lizards that are poisonous. http://www.petplace.com/dogs/poisonous-lizards-the-gila-monster-and-beaded-lizar

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