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IRCF Journal: Surprising Guatemala: A Journey with a Cause

By Michael Kern.
IRCF Journal Volume 15 NUmber 1, March 2008

This past December, I had the opportunity to travel to Guatemala with members of the Project Heloderma team that included Brad Lock of Zoo Atlanta and John Binns and Desire Wong from the International Reptile Conservation Foundation.

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IRCF Journal: The Guatemalan Beaded Lizard Breeding Program at Zoo Atlanta

By Brad Lock, Zoo Atlanta.
IRCF Journal Volume 15 Number 1, March 2008.

In the ongoing effort to reproduce potential founder animals at Zoo Atlanta, we have recently modified an outdoor enclosure to hold our Guatemalan Beaded Lizards (Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti).

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IRCF Journal: Notes on the Distribution of the Endangered Lizard, Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti, in the Dry Forests of Eastern Guatemala: An Application of Multi-criteria Evaluation to Conservation

By: Daniel Ariano and Gilberto Salazar
IRCF Journal, Volume 14 Number 3, September 2007

The Helodermatidae belong to the reptile clade possessing toxin-secreting oral glands (Fry et al. 2006). Lizards of this family are specialized vertebrate nest predators (Pianka 1966).

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IRCF Journal: The Guatemalan Beaded Lizard: Endangered Inhabitant of a Unique Ecosystem

By Daniel Ariano-Sánchez
IRCF Journal, Volume 13 Number 3, September 2006

The semiarid Motagua Valley in Guatemala is one of the most endangered and unique ecosystems in the world.

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IRCF Journal: Ex-Situ: Notes on Reproduction and Captive Husbandry of the Guatemalan Beaded Lizard (Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti)

By Thomas C. Owens
IRCF Journal, Volume 13 Number 3, September 2006

As conservation strategies are developed for the Guatemalan Beaded Lizard (Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti), understanding all aspects of the life history of this species has become essential.

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IRCF Journal: Focus on Conservation: Guatemalan Beaded Lizard (Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti)

IRCF Journal, Volume 13 Number 2, June 2006

Extinction Imminent. The Guatemalan Beaded Lizard (Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti), endemic to the arid, desert region of southeastern Guatemala’s Motagua Valley, is one of the most endangered reptiles in the world.

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