🦎Gila monster
El monstruo de Gila (Heloderma suspectum) es un lagarto venenoso propio de las regiones áridas y cálidas del extremo norte de México y del suroeste de los Estados Unidos. Es un lagarto pesado, de movimiento lento y mide hasta 60 cm de largo. El monstruo de Gila es una de las dos únicas especies conocidas de lagartos venenosos, junto a su familiar cercano, el lagarto de cuentas o escorpión (Heloderma horridum). Aunque el monstruo de Gila es venenoso, su naturaleza pasiva hace que represente poca amenaza a los seres humanos. Sin embargo, se ha ganado una reputación temible, y es matado a menudo por los caminantes y los dueños de las casas.
Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
IUCN Red List assessment, 2007.
- Body mass
- 0.55 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 29 years
Everything we know about the Gila monster
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.55 kgrecord 0.98 kg · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Maximum lifespan29 yearsrecord 48 years · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
DietCarnivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0
Activity cycleCathemeralReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Foraging modeACTReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousYesReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0
Snout–vent length0.36 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0
By sex
- Female0.3 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
Volume l0.6 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Gila monster yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classSquamata
- ›familyHelodermatidae
- ›genusHeloderma
- ›speciesHeloderma suspectum
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderAnguimorpha
- familyHelodermatidae
- genusHeloderma
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderAnguimorpha
- familyHelodermatidae
- genusHeloderma
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