Hello All,
I am considering a Tegu for the first time. I have worked with other lizards, chamelons, peach throat monitors, bearded dragons, and sailfins, as well as anoles. I am somewhat confused by the taxonomic differences and am trying to pick from the T. teguxin or the giant version of T. marianae. I fell in love with the pic in the book Giant Lizards, by Robert George Sprackland, but as it is out dated, I am wondering which animal I am actually looking at on page 159. At any rate, I am looking to eventually aquire a pair, but my hopes are to have a ''pet'' lizard that enjoys handling. I know this depends a lot on how the keeper interacts with the animals and on the individual tegu and that there are no gaurentees that any tegu will become a lap lizard. Can anyone make a recomendation as to whether I want an agrentine or columbian?
Thanks in advance and look forward to learning from you all.
Drew
I am considering a Tegu for the first time. I have worked with other lizards, chamelons, peach throat monitors, bearded dragons, and sailfins, as well as anoles. I am somewhat confused by the taxonomic differences and am trying to pick from the T. teguxin or the giant version of T. marianae. I fell in love with the pic in the book Giant Lizards, by Robert George Sprackland, but as it is out dated, I am wondering which animal I am actually looking at on page 159. At any rate, I am looking to eventually aquire a pair, but my hopes are to have a ''pet'' lizard that enjoys handling. I know this depends a lot on how the keeper interacts with the animals and on the individual tegu and that there are no gaurentees that any tegu will become a lap lizard. Can anyone make a recomendation as to whether I want an agrentine or columbian?
Thanks in advance and look forward to learning from you all.
Drew