Gila Monster
The venomous, yet slow-moving gila monster posing in the lower branches of a mesquite bush in the Sonoran Desert, just outside of Tucson, Arizona. This was my first time seeing one in the wild, and I actually delayed my travel plan to spend extra time looking for one of these.
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- © 2013
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- Gila Monsters and Beaded Lizards (Helodermatidae)
