Mexican beaded lizard generic name "Heloderma" means "studded skin", from the Ancient Greek words "hêlos" (ἧλος)—the head of a nail or stud—and "dérma" (δέρμα), meaning skin. Its specific name, "horrĭdum", is the Latin word meaning rough or rude. The four subspecies of beaded lizard, elevated to full species in 2013, are: Adult beaded lizards range from in length. They are substantially larger than the Gila monster, which only reaches lengths of . The snout-to-vent length of a beaded lizard averages . The average body mass of an adult beaded lizard is , about 45% heavier than the average mass of a gila monster,
The Lizard Train "It all Came from Nothing", a month earlier. They were produced by Steve Albini (Nirvana, The Breeders, The Jesus Lizard) at Mixmasters Studio in Belair. Both albums "maintained the noise factor as well as the song quality". In May that year they issued a five-track extended play, "Inertia", also produced by Albini. By that time they had relocated to Melbourne and became The Dumb Earth. In a 1998 interview with "Slide Show Fanzine" Willard recalled The Lizard Train's music as "a sort of heavy pop / psychedelic band". By May 1995 The Lizard Train's Creese and Willard, now on bass