Argentine black and white tegu

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Argentine black and white tegu

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Argentine black and white tegu (plural Argentine black and white tegus)

  1. the largest tegu lizard, native to eastern and central South America (Salvator merianae).
    Synonyms: Argentine giant tegu, black and white tegu, huge tegu
    • 2005 September, Joanna Carolyne Piercy, Estimating metabolic rate in tegu lizards (Tupinambis merianae): can one calculate oxygen consumption from heart rate?, Vancouver: University of British Columbia, →DOI, page 10:
      Tupinambis merianae, otherwise known as the Argentine Black and White tegu, has had a complicated taxonomic history []
    • 2014 July 21, Chris Mattison, “Reptiles”, in Nature Guide: Snakes and Other Reptiles and Amphibians (DK Nature Guides; 5), New York: DK Publishing, →ISBN, page 175:
      A large, opportunistic lizard, the Argentine black and white tegu is at home in a variety of habitats, including villages and the outskirts of cities.
    • 2024 January 2, Amaris Encinas, “South Carolina fears non-native tegu lizards could take root and wreak ecological havoc”, in USA Today[1], archived from the original on January 14, 2024:
      The Argentine black and white tegu, already a problem in Florida and Georgia, has the “potential to be a big issue” if the reptile is able to establish itself in the region []

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