4- The Rio Fuerte beaded lizard (Heloderma h.exasperatum ) :
Heloderma h.exasperatum described by Bogart & Del Campo 1956 also called the Rio Fuerte Beaded Lizard. Is the Northern most race of Heloderma horridum inhabiting the drainage basins of the Rio Fuerte & the Rio Mayo areas of southern Sonora & Northern Sinaloa Mexico(Beck 2005).
H.h.exasperatum is sub tropical and the most colorful sub species of Beaded lizard where variations of yellow often exceed the black or brown. The Rio Fuerte Beaded Lizard is most active and comfortable at 78 to 88 F. I am working with nine unrelated bloodlines of pure H.h.exasperatum of which all have been selected by me for the highest amount of color and reduced black. Pictured below are some of my breeders, juveniles and hatchlings.
Is the most nothern of the sub species. It is distributed from Rio Fuerte in the sonora dessert in the north, and dowh to the Mazatlan area in Sinaloa, where this subspecies are replaced by H.h. horridum.
In appereance it is a brownish lizard with a large number of small whitis yellow spots and patterns on the body, and very distinct bands on the tail.
English name is Rio fuerte beaded lizard, and the spanish is El Scorpión del Rio fuerte
Heloderma horridum exasperatum
courtesy to : s592754522.website-start.de/artenteil/heloderma-h-exasperatum/
In November 1995 I received six one-year-old scorpion crust echines. Fortunately, there were three couples. Two years later, the first young animals hatched. Since then I have been breeding every year. Initially, I had big problems with the incubation, which I got however after a few years under the handle. Meanwhile, I breed this species regularly for 18 seasons and to the 19 times eggs of this kind lie in the incubator.
Detailed posting and breeding report on my part in reports or in the magazine REPTILIA issue 2/2006.
In 2011, our book about Krustenechsen was published, where we, Bernd Eidenmüller and myself, wrote down our knowledge about Helodermen. Meanwhile it was published in 3 languages, German, English and French.
Heloderma horridum exasperatum mating
Heloderma horridum laying eggs
Heloderma horridum exsperatum Young animals.
Especially in the case of young animals, the handling with Heloderma is dangerous. At first they are very frightened, which they confirm with bite attacks. However, this is done with careful handling of the animals.
Videos :
Heloderma h. exasperatum feeding egg & pinkie
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Heloderma h. exasperatum feeding egg
Heloderma h. exasperatum drinking
Heloderma horridum exasperatum (beaded lizard) having bath
Detailed Heloderma horirum exasperatum juvenile feeding II
Beaded Lizard - Heloderma genus: Introduction General care & further reading :
Heloderma species : 1- The Gila monster (Heloderma h. suspectum ) : Part 1 .. Part 2
2- The Guatemalan beaded lizard (Heloderma h.charlesbogerti)
3- The Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma h. horridum)
4- The Rio Fuerte beaded lizard (Heloderma h.exasperatum )
5- The Chiapan beaded lizard ( Heloderma horridum alverezi )
Beaded Lizard - Heloderma genus: Introduction General care & further reading :
Heloderma species : 1- The Gila monster (Heloderma h. suspectum ) : Part 1 .. Part 2
2- The Guatemalan beaded lizard (Heloderma h.charlesbogerti)
3- The Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma h. horridum)
4- The Rio Fuerte beaded lizard (Heloderma h.exasperatum )
5- The Chiapan beaded lizard ( Heloderma horridum alverezi )