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Golden Tegu

Tupinambis teguixin

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

large black and golden lizard

Habitat:

rainforest and cerrado

Notes:

spotted quite a few of these large lizards in Caraca

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Carolina
They are also called Colombian tego and they can not be a pet at all, they are really mean!

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PublishedApril 13, 2011

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