Where do blue tegus come from? I need to know this because I have a plan to keep my tegus partially outdoors, and want the hardiest variety for the climate in the north Bay Area of San Francisco. I have a female argentine B W tegu, and have babysat a beautiful blue tegu. I am interested in getting a male tegu to keep with my female, who is a good candidate for living partially outdoors, here in northern coastal california. The female currently lives partially indoors in a heated space, has an indoors basking facillity, and freely uses a catdoor and ramp to access a screen room where she gets sunlight. She is very clever and shows great determination in meeting her own needs in terms of temperature, food, and light. So I am planning a fabulous outdoors pen for my new house I'm moving to, and my question about the blue tegu is because I am wondering if blues are as well adapted to a temperate climate as the black and white tegus seem to be. Does anyone out there know what part of South America they come from? Are they from a more tropical latitude than the black and whites? I know where the black and whites come from, because I have lived in argentina and seen them on the estancias there. If the blue tegus are from a more northerly tropical lowland part of South America I think I will steer away from them for climactic reasons.
I have had no luck inquiring with a few breeders. they only know where thier blues came from- mixed shippments from Colombia, other breeders, ect.
Any clues?
. I'd be interested in one if you do. Especially Tupinambis quadrilineatus; they get over 3 feet. Maybe you'll consider going to this place in Brazil they have em there.
