Argentine/Colombian Cross??

[DavidRosi]

Pre-tamed tegu? I wouldn't like that. The fact I've put in hours and hours of patience and work into getting my Colombian to a much tamer and comfortable state is golden; I'd hate to lose that.

 

[jesse n amber longden]

Ok so i went into my local reptile store today and there was a new tegu there. The guy told me it was a cross between a Gold Colombian tegu and a Black and White Argentine tegu. I looked at it and it looked like an Argentine. However the coloring was a brownish/gold color. It has the two loreal scales and the striping down the back. So is this a true hybrid or a odd colored argentine? The picture isn't so great. I'll take a better one next time i go.

this is a true hybrid i own one tupinambis merianae black and white colombian cross with an Argentine black an white an she does have gold on her big time ill take a pic an put it up on here shes an amazing lil gu!!!!!!
jesse longden

new hampshire USA

i have a tegu have had it since a baby there extreamly inteligent an i have been working with her for some time can not get her off an egg kick tho but she dont seem to mind it but i offer her crickets ,mealworms and everything i eat an she wont even react to it she has no food reaction but she is very healthy shes a hybrid a mix of columbian an argintene black an white shes a sweety she under stands her name an everything for all those that want a tegu i suggest getting it young if ur not experianced they are wonderful pets

 

[laurarfl]

Unless he bred it himself, I would say it is an odd colored T merianae. Pictures or it didn't happen, as they say, lol.

 

[got10]

this is a true hybrid i own one tupinambis merianae black and white colombian cross with an Argentine black an white an she does have gold on her big time ill take a pic an put it up on here shes an amazing lil gu!!!!!!
jesse longden

new hampshire USA

i have a tegu have had it since a baby there extreamly inteligent an i have been working with her for some time can not get her off an egg kick tho but she dont seem to mind it but i offer her crickets ,mealworms and everything i eat an she wont even react to it she has no food reaction but she is very healthy shes a hybrid a mix of columbian an argintene black an white shes a sweety she under stands her name an everything for all those that want a tegu i suggest getting it young if ur not experianced they are wonderful pets

put up some pics of your cross. Im sure there are tons of people that would LOVE to see what that looks like. I would really be interested in pics of the scale patterns of the lips and head. where did you pic this animal up as well

 

[Kayla leanne]

There's nothing really even that special about that baby (except that it's a wonderful tegu). Mine looks just like that, I'm in California, it's a captive bred even. doesn't make it futon the wild, doesn't make it special, doesn't make it a cross, nothing too spectacular. That's also a pretty average price for here.

 

[Roadkill]

this is a true hybrid i own one tupinambis merianae black and white colombian cross with an Argentine black an white

Sad that this statement slipped by so many of us. Tupinambis merianae is not a Colombian tegu, it is a synonym for the currently acknowledged Salvator merianae, so this this statement is essentially saying you have a S.merianae crossed with an S.merianae: this would NOT be the cross you are saying it is.

 

[bfb345]

There's no way anyone has a Salvator m. Crossed with a Tupinambis t. That is captive bred because no one currently breeds Columbian tegus in captivity at least successfully and in the wild this cross would be fairly unlikely and I'm sure it would be just as unlikely in captivity.

 

[laurarfl]

T. teguixin has been bred successfully in Europe. I have bred them, but incubation is another story.

 

[bfb345]

Yeah and breeding to a black and white well haha that's another whole saga of books lol not just a story!

 

[Tegu's tank]

I have a 2 year old female Argentinian. I went out and bought what I was told at the pet shop a male juvenile, about 2 - 3 months old. The price was, I suspect, too good to be true. The more I get to know Tank, that's what I named him, the more I believe him to be a Columbian. I think that this pet shop chain fed me a line of boe-boe to make a quick sell. Pease, tell me if I've been snookered and Giggins, my female, will not be getting any from Tank, ol' Boy.
I would also like to know if they can be house together now, or at what age, if any,

 

[Bubblz Calhoun]

It's a Colombian and unfortunately it's not the first time this has happened and won't be the last.

 

[TeguBuzz]

Tank is a Colombian tegu, 100%. Your female Giggins (if she's an Argentine), should never be housed with Tank.

If she's a Colombian, then it may be possible.. But only later on, after quarantine, etc.

 

[Chilly]

After looking at this i would like to try cross breeding both of my tegus

 

[N8bub]

Unless you have experience with artificial insemination and a last name of Moreau it's probably not gonna happen.