Gila monster
species of venomous lizard from the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico
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Summary
Gila monster is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.12% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,341 views/month, #235 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Near Threatened[4]
- Parent taxon: Heloderma[5]
- Taxon name: Heloderma suspectum[6]
- Commons category: Heloderma suspectum[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Heloderma suspectum[8]
- Commons gallery: Heloderma suspectum[9]
- Short name: H. suspectum[10]
- Taxon common name: Gila monster[11], Monstruo de Gila[12], Lézard perlé[13], Monstre de gila[14], monstruu de xila[15], strupeni bradavičar[16]
- Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/01692333-n[17], http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/101695078-n[18]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]
- Taxon author citation: Cope, 1869[20]
- Diel cycle: cathemeral[21]
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Identifiers
Gila monster's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 35003[22]. Gila monster's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8554[23]. Gila monster's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 456548[24]. Gila monster's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2460817[25]. Gila monster's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174113[26].
Why It Matters
Gila monster has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]