Mexican beaded lizard

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Mexican beaded lizard - lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales; of western Mexico

beaded lizard, Heloderma horridum

venomous lizard - any of two or three large heavy-bodied lizards; only known venomous lizards

genus Heloderma, Heloderma - type genus of the Helodermatidae; American venomous lizards

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* There are only two lizard species that are venomous: the Gila monster and the Mexican beaded lizard. These lizards secrete venom from saliva glands located in their jaws.

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GALWAY BELFAST " The new reptile and amphibian house is home to 15 critically endangered golden mantella, mossy frogs, lemur leaf frogs, venomous Mexican beaded lizards, Jamaican boas and yellow-headed daygeckos.

OOHS & AAHS FOR LITTLE IGUANAS; Belfast Zoo welcomes endangered reptiles

Two Mexican beaded lizards, one of just two venomous lizard species in the world, have joined the Dudley Zoological Garden collection.