Mexican beaded lizard beaded lizard under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species as an Appendix I animal, making it illegal to export the species. Mexican beaded lizard The Mexican beaded lizard ("Heloderma horridum") is a species of lizard in the family Helodermatidae, one of the two species of venomous beaded lizards found principally in Mexico and southern Guatemala. It and its congener (member of the same genus) the Gila monster ("Heloderma suspectum") are the only lizards known to have evolved an overt venom delivery system. The Mexican beaded lizard is larger than the Gila monster, with duller coloration, black with yellowish
Broadley's flat lizard to accurately distinguish between conspecifics of various fitness. They have as many as three times the number of UV photoreceptor cells in their retina compared to other lizards. Sexual maturity is reached at around snout-vent length for both sexes. Females lay two clutches of eggs in early summer. Broadley's flat lizard The Augrabies flat lizard ("Platysaurus broadleyi") is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family endemic to South Africa. "Platysaurus broadleyi" is also called Broadley's flat lizard. Both the specific name, "broadleyi", and one of the common names, Broadley's flat lizard, are in honor of herpetologist . The Augrabies