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Tegus

Archive (read-only): Viewing posts from 2005.
Photo: Tegu
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Tupinambis is a lizard genus which belongs to the family of Teiidae. These large, South American lizards are commonly referred to as tegus. Tegus are usually primarily carnivorous, except for T. rufescens and T. merianae. Tegus fill the same ecological niche as monitor lizards and are an example of convergent evolution. Most tegus are opportunistic feeders, accepting a wide variety of foods. Tegus' diets can consist of crickets, mealworms, an occasional mouse, fish, hard boiled eggs, chicken, etc. Certain fruits and vegetables may be offered as well (for example, strawberries, mangoes, papaya, banana) but usually will only be eaten by the red or Argentinian black and white tegus. The Colombian tegus tend to be almost entirely carnivores/insectivores. Here you may post messages or questions pertaining to all aspects and issues regarding the keeping, breeding, health, and conservation of Tegus. If you are a new user to this forum, please take the time to review the rules first before posting: Terms of Service.

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Finally going to get a tegu, but first...
by MillionPoundBomb - May 04, 2005 04:06 PM
3 May 05, 2005 09:49 AM
by alioops
calcium supplement
by ripper - May 03, 2005 08:07 PM
2 May 05, 2005 02:21 PM
by ripper
B&W and A red Breeding?????
by Herp-fever - May 02, 2005 10:49 PM
4 May 05, 2005 01:48 PM
by vince3267
Argentinians no longer eating fruit
by dancetoday - Apr 30, 2005 10:31 AM
3 May 04, 2005 02:24 PM
by Mikal
Tame Tegu
by gopedrcr2005 - Apr 28, 2005 03:38 PM
1 Apr 29, 2005 05:12 PM
by bast
thinking of getting a argentine b&w but......
by gooofycivic - Apr 28, 2005 12:06 PM
2 Apr 29, 2005 05:16 PM
by bast
Male or female?
by uro - Apr 28, 2005 11:40 AM
1 Apr 28, 2005 05:31 PM
by Mikal
2 Apr 27, 2005 10:09 PM
by kofseattle
tegu ovulating??
by viperbitex - Apr 23, 2005 04:36 PM
0 No replies
very slow tegu
by krn - Apr 23, 2005 03:18 PM
6 Apr 26, 2005 06:25 AM
by krn
Ground Turkey Questions
by dragonfruit_85 - Apr 22, 2005 09:45 PM
5 May 05, 2005 06:27 AM
by beardiedragon
Blue Tegu Is Now Psychotic
by SPJ01 - Apr 22, 2005 08:49 PM
1 Apr 22, 2005 09:16 PM
by attentiveear
Suggestions for frozen mice dealer?
by ea7770 - Apr 22, 2005 11:59 AM
2 Apr 25, 2005 08:47 AM
by ea7770
Agama international question
by Bianca - Apr 22, 2005 03:41 AM
7 Apr 26, 2005 03:42 PM
by forkedtongue
blue tegu feeding
by krn - Apr 20, 2005 11:05 AM
3 Apr 20, 2005 10:13 PM
by krn
Red Tegu Breeding
by Mikal - Apr 19, 2005 08:14 AM
0 No replies
too big of a cage?
by happymidgetpaul - Apr 18, 2005 08:52 PM
1 Apr 19, 2005 10:15 PM
by kofseattle
Sick tegu, HELP!! (sorry, long)
by snake_girl85 - Apr 18, 2005 06:24 PM
4 Apr 26, 2005 12:27 AM
by ripper
Overstuffed Baby Red Tegu - Casper
by stano40 - Apr 18, 2005 04:32 PM
0 No replies
1 Apr 18, 2005 09:14 PM
by CornSnakeBabe
Driving Tegu Cross Country
by CornSnakebabe - Apr 18, 2005 12:39 PM
0 No replies
Pic of my tegu and bulldog
by Tuataras - Apr 17, 2005 09:18 PM
0 No replies
0 No replies
i need help identifying my ameivas
by ameivaboy - Apr 14, 2005 08:03 PM
0 No replies
Photos of the boy...... (warning, large images)
by kofseattle - Apr 13, 2005 05:48 PM
1 Apr 16, 2005 06:29 AM
by attentiveear
sexing tegu?
by AndreaL - Apr 13, 2005 06:41 AM
2 Apr 18, 2005 04:11 PM
by AndreaL
Tegu who swim
by Adrien - Apr 10, 2005 09:41 AM
7 Apr 18, 2005 12:42 PM
by CornSnakebabe
Tegus outside...
by Adrien - Apr 10, 2005 07:22 AM
2 Apr 30, 2005 10:34 AM
by dancetoday
Tegu Books
by AlteredMind99 - Apr 09, 2005 09:11 PM
2 Apr 10, 2005 05:44 PM
by birddog5151
dwarf tegus?
by kayle - Apr 08, 2005 08:44 PM
6 Apr 10, 2005 04:28 PM
by Fleck
N.H. show this weekend
by viperbitex - Apr 08, 2005 04:37 PM
4 Apr 13, 2005 03:26 PM
by caietaro
Red tegus
by kich4theanswer - Apr 08, 2005 11:30 AM
1 Apr 09, 2005 07:47 PM
by beardiedragon
Incubatators
by forkedtongue - Apr 08, 2005 09:43 AM
0 No replies
Some new pics of Fred
by beardiedragon - Apr 06, 2005 09:37 PM
2 Apr 07, 2005 06:29 PM
by beardiedragon
Picky gold tegu
by newagewanda - Apr 06, 2005 09:27 AM
0 No replies
Buying ground turkey online?
by todeyius - Apr 06, 2005 03:59 AM
2 Apr 07, 2005 03:46 PM
by Craigo
Is your Tegu as slow as mine?
by CornSnakeBabe - Apr 05, 2005 11:18 PM
1 Apr 06, 2005 07:19 AM
by Argentijnse Teju
A B&W - how long until adult size?
by CornSnakeBabe - Apr 05, 2005 11:16 PM
0 No replies
Size Differences
by caietaro - Apr 05, 2005 11:21 AM
1 Apr 05, 2005 11:10 PM
by CornSnakeBabe
Colombian tegus
by mjf - Apr 02, 2005 01:48 AM
0 No replies
Temperment
by dmlove - Apr 01, 2005 11:11 PM
1 Apr 04, 2005 11:24 AM
by caietaro
5 Apr 02, 2005 11:46 AM
by russ1066
All Tegu Prices?
by vince3267 - Mar 30, 2005 03:20 PM
3 Mar 31, 2005 09:25 PM
by attentiveear
0 No replies
red X blue
by krn - Mar 29, 2005 07:34 PM
5 Mar 31, 2005 08:26 AM
by Zeus
0 No replies
Help Picking new Tegu's
by vince3267 - Mar 29, 2005 09:13 AM
24 Apr 06, 2005 01:43 PM
by Bianca
looking to buy a blue tegu!!!
by krn - Mar 28, 2005 05:49 PM
1 Apr 02, 2005 10:17 AM
by JLExotics
Boy do they grow! **photos**
by dmlove - Mar 28, 2005 01:16 PM
5 Mar 29, 2005 09:08 PM
by LizardMom
Interested in getting a Tegu.
by jflipl - Mar 28, 2005 01:10 PM
0 No replies
small tank stress
by antares - Mar 27, 2005 07:09 PM
3 Mar 28, 2005 01:40 PM
by antares
Help with feeding response as well...
by dmlove - Mar 26, 2005 10:23 PM
1 Mar 27, 2005 09:36 AM
by birddog5151
Red Feeding respone
by civa - Mar 26, 2005 06:31 PM
1 Mar 26, 2005 07:10 PM
by birddog5151
Beginner Questions! please reply!
by palex134 - Mar 26, 2005 01:23 AM
1 Mar 26, 2005 07:19 PM
by birddog5151
my sick gold tegu
by zookeep82 - Mar 25, 2005 11:14 AM
0 No replies
wishing you a hippity hoppity happy easter
by beardiedragon - Mar 25, 2005 08:27 AM
3 Mar 27, 2005 08:24 AM
by beardiedragon
a pic of my female abw tegu
by crazyassnilemoni - Mar 23, 2005 10:05 PM
0 No replies
tegu question
by savannah_king - Mar 22, 2005 04:46 PM
1 Mar 23, 2005 11:50 AM
by attentiveear
GRRRRRRRRRRR
by beardiedragon - Mar 22, 2005 09:09 AM
2 Mar 23, 2005 04:28 PM
by birddog5151
breeders
by vince3267 - Mar 21, 2005 03:37 PM
0 No replies
Just a question to satisfy curiosity
by make_urself - Mar 21, 2005 09:33 AM
6 Mar 25, 2005 04:17 PM
by viperbitex
how do u post pics please help thanks n/p
by crazyassnilemoni - Mar 20, 2005 07:25 PM
1 Mar 21, 2005 08:05 AM
by attentiveear
It's been a while...
by attentiveear - Mar 19, 2005 10:20 PM
6 Mar 24, 2005 10:20 PM
by SHvar
Cage for baby tegu
by sunset714 - Mar 18, 2005 12:15 PM
1 Mar 19, 2005 12:09 AM
by theTegu
Feeders Question
by sunset714 - Mar 17, 2005 11:56 AM
5 Mar 28, 2005 09:39 PM
by vpc
Happy St. Patrick's Day
by beardiedragon - Mar 16, 2005 07:29 PM
2 Mar 25, 2005 04:27 PM
by viperbitex
New pics
by beardiedragon - Mar 15, 2005 03:56 PM
1 Mar 15, 2005 06:01 PM
by JLExotics
Difference between argentines & colombians?
by sugarfox03 - Mar 14, 2005 10:52 PM
4 Mar 22, 2005 12:13 AM
by dragonfruit_85
my baby tegu
by LIZARDLOVER11 - Mar 13, 2005 10:28 PM
1 Mar 16, 2005 12:03 PM
by attentiveear
Potty-training a TEGU
by Niko8 - Mar 13, 2005 04:50 PM
4 Mar 19, 2005 10:06 PM
by attentiveear
Help Shipping my Tegu
by Niko8 - Mar 13, 2005 04:49 PM
1 Mar 16, 2005 12:19 PM
by attentiveear
Reptile Supply Catalog
by antares - Mar 12, 2005 09:06 PM
1 Apr 06, 2005 04:53 PM
by Luis
albino blue price
by viperbitex - Mar 12, 2005 02:27 PM
5 Mar 20, 2005 02:19 PM
by crazyassnilemoni
buying a tegu
by krn - Mar 11, 2005 07:15 PM
6 Mar 18, 2005 03:43 PM
by krn
0 No replies
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