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Banded
Gila Monster
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| Range: |
Southwestern United States.
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| Habitat: |
Desert,
prefers brushy areas such as river beds or canyon bottoms
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| Diet: |
Rodents,
rabbits, birds and eggs.
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Fun Facts:
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- Spends
most of its life below ground in burrows
- Have a
powerful bite; venom is deposited though their teeth in
the lower jaw
- The Gila
Monster is the United States largest native
lizard. It is one of the two known venomous
lizards in the world. It is protected by federal
and state laws in the U.S.
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