Heloderma texana Stevens 1977 (beaded lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: M. S. Stevens. 1977. Further study of Castolon Local Fauna (Early Miocene), Big Bend National Park, Texas. The Pearce-Sellards Series 28:1-69

Belongs to Heloderma according to M. S. Stevens 1977

Sister taxa: Heloderma horridum, Heloderma suspectum

Type specimen: TMM 40635-123, a skull. Its type locality is Castolon (TMM 40635), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Delaho Formation of Texas.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Castolon (TMM 40635)

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