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In 2012, the Argentine black and white tegu was reassigned to the resurrected genus Salvator as Salvator merianae. [55] S. merianae is called the "Argentine black and white tegu" to distinguish it from the "Colombian black and white tegu", which is another name for the gold tegu. Unscrupulous or incompetent pet dealers sometimes pass off gold ...
A bite from an adult tegu can crush human fingers. [17] Though more terrestrial (morphologically less well-adapted for climbing into tree canopies or for swimming), tegus fill an ecological niche in South America similar to that filled by monitor lizards in Africa, Asia and Australia, and are an example of convergent evolution. Though similar ...
The Argentine Black and White Tegu, once a darling of the pet trade, is now banned in South Carolina as it is in Georgia and Florida, where it was first seen in the wild in the United States a ...
An Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae). Tegu is a common name of a number of species of lizards that belong to the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae. Tegus are native to Central and South America. They occupy a variety of habitats and are known for their large size and predatory habits. [1]
FWC urges the public to report tegu lizard sightings as the invasive species spreads far and fast in St. Lucie County. Florida man traps over 100 invasive tegu lizards; FWC needs your help ...
T. merianae (Argentine black and white tegu), T. rufescens (red tegu), and T. teguixin (gold tegu) are popular in the pet trade. They are primarily found in South America, although T. teguixin also occurs in Panama. In 2012, a number of tegu species were reclassified from Tupinambis to the previously used genus Salvator. The newly proposed ...
In "white" Argentina, Martín Ku, an Argentine Asian in the hit TV show "Gran Hermano" is spurring conversation and hopes of more inclusion in a country that has whitewashed its racial diversity.
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