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The pic is accurate: it's a colombian gold and black tegu.

Please note that gold tegus are indeed colombian.

Also, colombian tegus have a sub-species that's black and white. While similar in appearance their markings are white rather then gold and they are found in different parts of South America then their counterparts.

A common problem I often see with sellers is they'll take a colombian black and white and sell it as, and pass it off as, an argentinian b&w.

There is no doubt I am getting (2) colombians. They are pictured as, and labeled as, golds. I hope they're golds, I was told they're golds but there is always a possibility they might be black and whites - if they were labeled wrong.

If that's the case I'm cool with it, I've had both types of colombians and they both make for awesome pets. In my experience the golds are more feisty, hiss more and are generally just more agitated and irritable.

That's what I look forward to taming out of them.

And just for the record, I didn't blindly order them online. I called them and confirmed that A) they had them in stock, B) they were golds C) they could be shipped together to save on shipping costs.

I have faith they're colombian golds. We'll see soon enough.

***Update***

They just arrived. They were packaged extremely well and are (2) very good looking gold tegus. I'm guessing about 5-6 months old.

A big thanks to LLLReptile.com and everyone here for your tegu support, guidance and help.

I'll post pics once they settle in, calm down and aren't so stressed.

<blockquote data-quote="m3s4" data-source="post: 108120" data-attributes="member: 2950">The pic is accurate: it's a colombian gold and black tegu. Please note that gold tegus are indeed colombian. Also, colombian tegus have a sub-species that's black and white. While similar in appearance their markings are white rather then gold and they are found in different parts of South America then their counterparts.A common problem I often see with sellers is they'll take a colombian black and white and sell it as, and pass it off as, an argentinian b&amp;w. There is no doubt I am getting (2) colombians. They are pictured as, and labeled as, golds. I hope they're golds, I was told they're golds but there is always a possibility they might be black and whites - if they were labeled wrong.&nbsp; If that's the case I'm cool with it, I've had both types of colombians and they both make for awesome pets. In my experience the golds are more feisty, hiss more and are generally just more agitated and irritable. That's what I look forward to taming out of them. And just for the record, I didn't blindly order them online. I called them and confirmed that A) they had them in stock, B) they were golds C) they could be shipped together to save on shipping costs. I have faith they're colombian golds. We'll see soon enough. <hr class="bbc-hr bbc-hr--3" />***Update***They just arrived. They were packaged extremely well and are (2) very good looking gold tegus. I'm guessing about 5-6 months old. A big thanks to LLLReptile.com and everyone here for your tegu support, guidance and help. I'll post pics once they settle in, calm down and aren't so stressed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="m3s4, post: 108120, member: 2950"] The pic is accurate: it's a[i] colombian[/i] gold and black tegu. Please note that [u]gold tegus[/u] [b][i]are[/i][/b] indeed [u]colombian[/u]. Also, colombian tegus have a sub-species that's black and white. While similar in appearance their markings are white rather then gold and they are found in different parts of South America then their counterparts. A common problem I often see with sellers is they'll take a colombian black and white and sell it as, and pass it off as, an argentinian b&w. There is no doubt I am getting (2) colombians. They are pictured as, and labeled as, golds. I hope they're golds, I was told they're golds but there is always a possibility they[i] might[/i] be black and whites - if they were labeled wrong. If that's the case I'm cool with it, I've had both types of colombians and they both make for awesome pets. In my experience the golds are more feisty, hiss more and are generally just more agitated and irritable. That's what I look forward to taming out of them. And just for the record, I didn't blindly order them online. I called them and confirmed that A) they had them in stock, B) they were golds C) they could be shipped [i]together[/i] to save on shipping costs. I have faith they're colombian golds. We'll see soon enough. [hr] ***Update*** They just arrived. They were packaged extremely well and are (2) very good looking gold tegus. I'm guessing about 5-6 months old. A big thanks to LLLReptile.com and everyone here for your tegu support, guidance and help. I'll post pics once they settle in, calm down and aren't so stressed.[/hr] [/QUOTE]

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