General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . GiLi Monsters. The Gila Monster is wellknown as the only poisonous lizard in theUnited States. In the group but one suspectum, is shown. The onlyother poisonous lizard known, the .MexicanGila monster, Heloderma horrendum, is ex-hibited in a floor group in the adjacent mainhall. The present group shows a small sectionof one of the canyons of the Santa , Arizona. The snake gliding overthe rocks is the Sonoran Racer, Masticophisbilineatus. The desert tortoise, Gopherusagassizii,
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . GiLi Monsters. The Gila Monster is wellknown as the only poisonous lizard in theUnited States. In the group but one suspectum, is shown. The onlyother poisonous lizard known, the .MexicanGila monster, Heloderma horrendum, is ex-hibited in a floor group in the adjacent mainhall. The present group shows a small sectionof one of the canyons of the Santa , Arizona. The snake gliding overthe rocks is the Sonoran Racer, Masticophisbilineatus. The desert tortoise, Gopherusagassizii, illustrated below, is seeking a hidingplace for the nitjht. AMPHIBIA AND REPTILESOF NEW YORK STATE An exhibit showing the species found withinthe State of New York may be seen in thecorridor of the Roosevelt Memorial on thefirst floor. (Index Plan, p. 16, First Floor,Hall 12a). (Below)DESERT TORTOISE (Gopherus agassizii). Adetail from the Gila iMonster Group, depictingthe reptilian fauna of one of the Arizona canyons. DETAIL OF A GROUP SHOWING THE AMPHIBIANS OF A NEW ENGLAND MARSHLAND IN EARLY SPRING
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