Gila monster

species of venomous lizard from the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico
Taxon taxon Q207058
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Gila monster

Summary

Gila monster is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.12% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,834 views/month, #235 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gila monster's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Gila monster is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Gila monster's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Near Threatened[5].
  • Gila monster is classified within Heloderma[6].
  • Gila monster's scientific name is Heloderma suspectum[7].
  • Gila monster's Commons category is recorded as Heloderma suspectum[8].
  • Gila monster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Heloderma suspectum[9].
  • Gila monster's Commons gallery is recorded as Heloderma suspectum[10].
  • Gila monster's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. suspectum'}[11].
  • Gila monster is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Gila monster'}[12].
  • Gila monster is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Monstruo de Gila'}[13].
  • Gila monster is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Lézard perlé'}[14].
  • Gila monster is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Monstre de gila'}[15].
  • Gila monster is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Gila Monster'}[16].
  • Gila monster is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'monstruu de xila'}[17].
  • Gila monster is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'strupeni bradavičar'}[18].
  • Gila monster's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/01692333-n[19].
  • Gila monster's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/101695078-n[20].
  • Gila monster's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].
  • Gila monster's taxon author citation is recorded as Cope, 1869[22].
  • Gila monster's diel cycle is recorded as cathemeral[23].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Gila monster is Heloderma suspectum[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Heloderma[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[12], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Monstruo de Gila'}[13], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Lézard perlé'}[14], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Monstre de gila'}[15], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'monstruu de xila'}[17], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'strupeni bradavičar'}[18].

Identifiers

Gila monster's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 35003[24]. Gila monster's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8554[25]. Gila monster's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 456548[26]. Gila monster's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2460817[27]. Gila monster's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174113[28].

Why It Matters

Gila monster ranks in the top 0.12% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,834 views/month, #235 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [25] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [27] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Heloderma
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    Instance of taxon
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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