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The Guatemalan beaded lizard (Heloderma charlesbogerti), also called commonly the Motagua Valley beaded lizard, is a highly endangered species of beaded lizard, a venomous lizard in the family Helodermatidae. The species is endemic to the dry forests of the Motagua Valley in southeastern Guatemala, [5] an ecoregion known as the Motagua Valley ...
The Guatemalan beaded lizard is the most endangered of the species, if not of all lizards; it is found only in the dry valley of the Río Motagua in northeastern Guatemala; fewer than 200 are believed to exist in the wild. [12]
The species found in Guatemala is the beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum), which occurs in two subspecies, including the Motagua Valley subspecies (H. h. charlesborgeti), one of the rarest lizards in the world, with a wild population of fewer than 200 animals. Beaded lizard – Heloderma horridum (Wiegmann, 1829)
The Helodermatidae or beaded lizards are a small family of lizards endemic to North America today, mainly found in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca, the central lowlands of Chiapas, on the border of Guatemala, and in the Nentón River Valley, [1] though they were formerly more widespread in the ancient past.
Guatemalan beaded lizard Guatemala: the Motagua Valley H. exasperatum: Bogert and Martin del Campo, 1956 Rio Fuerte beaded lizard Mexico: Rio Fuerte, Rio Mayo, southern Sonora, northern Sinaloa, western Chihuahua and the Sierra Madre Occidental H. horridum T: Wiegmann, 1829 Mexican beaded lizard Mexico: southern Sinaloa to Oaxaca H. suspectum ...
The family Helodermatidae (beaded lizards) has only one genus with 5 species: the Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum), Rio Fuerte beaded lizard (Heloderma exasperatum), Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum), Chiapan beaded lizard (Heloderma alvarezi) and Guatemalan beaded lizard (Heloderma charlesbogerti). [5]
Guatemalan beaded lizard; Guatemalan helmeted basilisk; Guatemalan milk snake; H. Heloderma alvarezi; ... Mexican beaded lizard; Mexican musk turtle; Micrurus browni;
The Rio Fuerte beaded lizard (Heloderma exasperatum) is a venomous species of beaded lizard in the family Helodermatidae. It is found in the tropical forests and shrublands of western Mexico, specifically around the Rio Fuerte and Rio Mayo basins. It is often found in or near abandoned mammal burrows and sources of water. [4] [5]