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Common Tegu

Tupinambis teguixin

Photo by peter
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-22.9495, -43.1567

Field Notes

Description:

Roughly 4-5 inches long with yellow spots all over his body.

Notes:

He was chillin on top of Sugar Loaf mountain with tourists who probably feed him.

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Tupinambis

Species ID Suggestions

Common Tegu

Tupinambis teguixin
correaman13
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Comments (2)
peter
Thank you! I've updated the spotting :)
correaman13
Nice picture. May i suggest some ID's? The Common Tegu looks simililar to the lizard in this photo, is native to South America (more specifically Brazil) and is lives in the environment associated with the area you've marked as the coordinates.

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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PublishedOctober 6, 2010

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