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So after talking with a number of reptile owners, professional herpers, and a biologist who has worked with tegus, there seems to be a strong belief that the Colombian gold tegu is not the same species as the Colombian black and white. The former is well known for aggression and T. teguixin's bad reputation as a whole, but many people say they have never observed any of this stereotypical behavior in the black and whites. Seeing as the taxonomy of the genus Tupinambis is pretty convoluted, it honestly wouldn't surprise me if this turned out to be the case. What are your guys' thoughts?