#tegu lizard

[whatwenthereagain]

Some random guy just decided on impulse to bring his bigass lizard (i think he said shes a argentine black and white tegu?) to school with him????

All the teachers saw her too and none of them cared. Vix (the lizard) is the size of a cat and the teachers were just like "ah. cool. moving on."

[randumblygeneratedusername]

Tegu Lizard spotted in Iguazu Falls

[kaijutegu]

Took her to the pet store, let her pick a toy. You'll never believe what she chose.

It's a hyper realistic trout the size of her body but it's what she sniffed the most so. That's what we got.

[itsactuallymelonz]

can’t stop thinking about @gooseworx ‘s jericho…

[weezord-leezords]

Via TucsonVetUrgentCare

[critter-creature-or-beast]

Submitted for classification by @kaijutegu

"My daughter, Nakajima. Is she a critter, a creature, or a beast?"

[herps-and-noods]

“Excuse me, Bar Keep, I ordered three Reptilinks. You only gave me two.”

“You ate the other one, Raava.”

“……..Lies!”

[wyomingweasel]

So y’all like my lizard huh?

[chaobunnyarts]

Lizards n' fruits stamps

[antiqueanimals]

Gold tegu (Tupinambis teguixin)

Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. Written by Hans Hvass. Illustrated by Wilhelm Eigener. Originally published in 1958.

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[derynstarling]

Commission for my friend Daema of her baby! <3

Drawn with ink and painted with diluted acrylic.

Prints of this will be made available on my Etsy starting Sunday <3

https://www.etsy.com/shop/DerynStarlingArt

[herpsandbirds]

not really having a good February... could you post some tegus maybe?? and do you have a favorite? I'm biased towards Argentine Black and whites because i have one but I love the Gold ones as well

You should definitely check out previously posted Tegus.

Herps and Birds (and More) (Posts tagged tegu) (tumblr.com)

For some reason, I think the coloration, I particularly like the Crocodile Tegu. Also, i really like aquatic/semi-aquatic lizards.

Crocodile Tegu (Crocodilurus amazonicus), family Teiidae, Peru

photograph by Matt Cage 

photographs by Richard Bartlett

Common or Gold Tegu (Tupinambis teguixin), family Teiidae, northern South America

photograph via: https://carnivora.net/

Argentine Black and White Tegu (Salvator merianae), family Teiidae, found in western South America

photograph by Rafael Cuto

[justaneurodivergent]

The cutest boi 🖤

[kaijutegu]

If you've ever wondered if my swimming tegu gets in the water voluntarily: yes and good luck keeping her out of it.

[alphynix]

Spectember 2023 #06: Some Big Reptiles

An anonymous request asked for a "large ankylosaur-like herbivorous notosuchian":

Mitafosuchus pachysomatus is descended from Simosuchus-like notosuchians in Madagascar that survived through the K-T extinction.

Highly convergent with the now-extinct ankylosaurs, it's a 5m long (~16'4") squat tank-like herbivore with hoof-like claws, and a wide short snout used for grazing on low vegetation. Heavy interlocking osteoderm amor covers most of its body, protecting it against the big carnivorous crocodyliformes that also still survive in this version of Cenozoic Madagascar.

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Another anon wanted to see a "giant warm blooded lizard":

Atopohippus zestamenus is a descendant of invasive Argentine giant tegu lizards that became established on an island archipelago. At 2m tall (~6'6") and around 6m long (~20') it's an example of island gigantism, and occupies a high-browsing-herbivore ecological niche similar to giant tortoises and prosauropods.

Its ancestors' seasonal endothermy has become full endothermy in this species, partly due to young individuals having a very rapid growth rate and metabolism – their main defense against the predators on their island home (primarily carnivorous tegu-descendants and large birds of prey) is to simply get to a big body size as fast as they possibly can.