Original description as Gila conspersa:
ZooBank:D430B0F2-97DC-4B47-8058-9CE839E98156.
- Garman, Samuel. 1881. "New and little-known reptiles and fishes in the museum collections". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 8(3):85-93 (ffm01650)
Conservation: Gila conspersa is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.