Heila Monster Research Paper

“Gila Monster”

-Scientific Classification- Kingdom: Anamalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Helodermatidae Genus: Heloderma Species: Heloderma suspectum

-Binomial Name- Heloderma suspectum Two subspecies: Heloderma suspectum cinctum, banded gila monster Heloderma suspectum suspectum, reticulated gila monster

The gila monster has got to be the least identified creature I have ever studied. What I mean is on WikiPedia.com, a site I am thankful for because I have used it greatly on past reports and it is great, there is barely anything on the gila monster. There might be four paragraphs that are each four sentences, if that. So to do this report it took many,
Its more or less a wrestling match where one tries to get on the back of the other and remain their whilst his opponent twists and turns around in an effort to reverse his position. The point is to try and keep your opponent on the ground. When a female is located, sometimes by scent trail, she is courted by the male in a ritual that involves tongue licking, rubbing his chin on her head, neck, and back and also nose nudging. Males also bob their heads and execute the “lizard push-up.” Note that the female may still object to the male and if so, shes does this by biting him and then crawling away. Gila monsters typically mate in early summer. Reproductive females convert stored fact from their tail into yolk while developing ovarian follicles. After mating, the female digs and scoops out a hole in damp soil where she lays either 2 to possibly 13 smooth, yet tough and leathery eggs. She buries them 5 or so inches below the surface in does this in either July or August. All of these facts come from captive female gila monsters, because they are so secretive of creatures that a biologist has not yet found a gila monster nest in the wild, according to one of my sources. Their hatchlings are six to six and a half inches