Large Venomous Brightly Coloured Lizard. From Old French monstre from Latin monstrum portent from monere to warn Gila monster. We will try to find the right answer to this particular crossword clue.
A heavy typically slow-moving lizard up to 60 cm long the Gila monster is the only venomous lizard native to the United States. The Gila monster is sluggish. It occurs on Komodo Island and a few neighboring islands of the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia.
The colour is yellow or cream with tawny brown rosettes edged in dark brown on their back and they have dark limbs with white spots.
Its venomous close relatives the four beaded lizards inhabit Mexico and Guatemala. A large venomous brightly coloured lizard Heloderma suspectum inhabiting deserts of the southwestern US and Mexico and feeding mostly on eggs and small mammals. It mostly eats carrion but can also ambush and kill large prey. Its venomous close relatives the four beaded lizards inhabit Mexico and Guatemala.
