Taxonomy Profile: Heloderma horridum (Wiegmann 1829)

Heloderma horridum: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Heloderma horridum horridum
Wiegmann 1829
Common Name(s):
Lagarto enchaquirado []
Beaded Lizard []
Mexican Beaded Lizard []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Heloderma horridum: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Autarchoglossa
Family : Helodermatidae
Venomous Lizards |
Beaded Lizards |
Gila Monsters |
Genus : Heloderma
Beaded Lizards |
Gila Monsters |
Species : Heloderma horridum
Lagarto enchaquirado |
Beaded Lizard |
Mexican Beaded Lizard |
Heloderma horridum Direct Children(s):
Heloderma horridum: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Heloderma horridum
Source(s):
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Heloderma horridum
Source:
Checklist of CITES species: Index of CITES species
Acquired:
2013-10-30
Notes:
UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2013. Checklist of CITES species. CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Available online at http://checklist.cites.org/
Reference for:
Heloderma horridum
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-29 / 1993-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
Page(s):
iv + 73
Publisher:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Publication Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-911239-42-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Heloderma horridum
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Reiserer, Randall S., Gordon W. Schuett, and Daniel D. Beck
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2013-07-29 / 2013-07-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Taxonomic reassessment and conservation status of the beaded lizard, Heloderma horridum (Squamata: Helodermatidae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, vol. 7, no. 1
Page(s):
74-96
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1525-9153
Notes:
Hardcopy ISSN 1083-446X. Available online at http://www.redlist-arc.org/Current-Issues/Amphibian-and-Reptile-Conservation-Special-Mexico-Issue-7_1.html
Reference for:
Heloderma horridum
Heloderma horridum: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Middle America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mexico / Native
Heloderma horridum: Comments
Comment:
CITES: Appendix II under Heloderma except the subspecies included in Appendix I, per 2013 Checklist of CITES species: Index of CITES species published with amendments to the Appendices and changes in standard scientific nomenclature following the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Bangkok, 2013). For current status see CITES.org