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Tegu lizard

Order: Squamata (snakes and lizards)
Family: Teiidae (whiptails and tegus)
Genus: Tupinambis

Species on page: (The species on this page are all in the Family Teiidae, but they do not form a clade.)

+ Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)
+ Cryptic golden tegu (Tupinambis cryptus)
+ Paraguay Caiman Lizard (Dracaena paraguayensis)

Other Teiids

+ Giant ameiva (Ameiva ameiva)
+ Cope's ameiva (Ameiva bifrontata)
+ Common Puerto Rican ameiva (Pholidoscelis exsul )
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Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)

The Pantanal 2011

Tegu

tegu

Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)
Family: Teiidae (whiptails and tegus)
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
2011

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Tegu

tegu

Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)
Family: Teiidae (whiptails and tegus)
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
2011

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The Pantanal 2014

When tegu's get egg on their face

tegu
Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)
Family: Teiidae (whiptails and tegus)
Jaguar Lodge
August, 2014

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Tegu tongue

tegu tongue
Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)
Family: Teiidae (whiptails and tegus)
Jaguar Lodge
August, 2014

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Tegu tongue

tegu tongue
Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)
Family: Teiidae (whiptails and tegus)
Jaguar Lodge
August, 2014

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Tegu tongue

tegu tongue
Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)
Family: Teiidae (whiptails and tegus)
Jaguar Lodge
August, 2014

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Tegu skin

tegu skin
Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)
Family: Teiidae (whiptails and tegus)
Jaguar Lodge
August, 2014

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Cryptic golden tegu (Tupinambis cryptus)

Tegu

tegu

Cryptic golden tegu (Tupinambis cryptus)
Family: Teiidae (whiptails and tegus)
Trinidad
January 22, 2003
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Paraguay Caiman Lizard (Dracaena paraguayensis)

Caiman lizard

pantanal
Paraguay caiman lizard (Dracaena paraguayensis)
Family: Teiidae (whiptails and tegus)
The Transpantaneira
The Pantanal
July 27, 2019
Canon EOS 7Dmark II

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The uncaiman caiman

pantanal
Paraguay caiman lizard (Dracaena paraguayensis)
Family: Teiidae (whiptails and tegus)
The Transpantaneira
The Pantanal
July 27, 2019
Canon EOS 7Dmark II

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pantanal
Paraguay caiman lizard (Dracaena paraguayensis)
Family: Teiidae (whiptails and tegus)
The Transpantaneira
The Pantanal
July 27, 2019
Canon EOS 7Dmark II

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Created: May 19, 2014 (from racerunner.html)
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