Can you confirm something for me. I thought the colouring of Gila monsters was pink and black whilst the Beaded lizard was a sort of yellow and black. The colours in the photo may not be good but this one was definitely pink.
well maybe it is a Gila monster (I'm quite happy for people to tell me I'm wrong when that happens), but it looks very much like a beaded lizard to me. In the other photo the tail looks pretty long for a Gila monster, and the pattern seems more beaded than Gila.