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large orange and black lizard of southwestern United States; not dangerous unless molested

large orange and black lizard of southwestern United States; not dangerous unless molested

A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth.

A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth.

A large poisonous lizard, Heloderma suspectum and H. horridum, of New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico.

See Gila.