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Loreal scalation is actually a rather poor determinate between Salvator and Tupinambis. Yes, I know, the paper that made the call to separate the genus made this the key focal point....and they are wrong. Salvator typically have two loreal scales, and Tupinambis typically have one scale, but this is not always the case. Exceptions are not uncommon, I even have a lineage of Salvator merianae that all have one loreal scale.

Justsomedude, you are making a great example of exactly the point I've made numerous times, and somewhat recently in another thread. People see a slight difference and then jump to hybridization. The eagerness to jump to this conclusion is mind boggling considering the vast amount of variation that is seen in tegu species. That in the photos above is quite typical colouration for Tupinambis merianae. There's no reason to suspect any kind of hybridization has taken place here.

<blockquote data-quote="Roadkill" data-source="post: 157298" data-attributes="member: 3844">Loreal scalation is actually a rather poor determinate between Salvator and Tupinambis. Yes, I know, the paper that made the call to separate the genus made this the key focal point....and they are wrong. Salvator&nbsp; typically have two loreal scales, and Tupinambis typically have one scale, but this is not always the case. Exceptions are not uncommon, I even have a lineage of Salvator merianae that all have one loreal scale.Justsomedude, you are making a great example of exactly the point I've made numerous times, and somewhat recently in another thread. People see a slight difference and then jump to hybridization. The eagerness to jump to this conclusion is mind boggling considering the vast amount of variation that is seen in tegu species. That in the photos above is quite typical colouration for Tupinambis merianae. There's no reason to suspect any kind of hybridization has taken place here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Roadkill, post: 157298, member: 3844"] Loreal scalation is actually a rather poor determinate between [I]Salvator [/I]and [I]Tupinambis.[/I] Yes, I know, the paper that made the call to separate the genus made this the key focal point....and they are wrong. [I]Salvator [/I][B]typically [/B]have two loreal scales, and [I]Tupinambis [/I][B]typically [/B]have one scale, but this is not always the case. Exceptions are not uncommon, I even have a lineage of [I]Salvator merianae [/I]that all have one loreal scale. Justsomedude, you are making a great example of exactly the point I've made numerous times, and somewhat recently in another thread. People see a slight difference and then jump to hybridization. The eagerness to jump to this conclusion is mind boggling considering the vast amount of variation that is seen in tegu species. That in the photos above is quite typical colouration for [I]Tupinambis merianae. [/I]There's no reason to suspect any kind of hybridization has taken place here. [/QUOTE]

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