tegu cycles

[tupifan]

can anyone tell me what the normal cyclus for light(hours months seazons), temperature(months) and food(months) is for b and w an red tegus?
thanks already
gr.

 

[tupinambis]

Depends on what geographic location you are trying to replicate. Considering that tegus spread throughout nearly all of South America east of the Andes, that's a lot of variation.

There is a site you can go to to calculate out daily photoperiod and how it changes over the year for any particular location on the planet.

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/

Some basic general guidelines of the three main species available in the pet trade are:

T. teguixin ranges from 11degrees N to 14degrees S lattitude, and from 75degrees W to 44degrees W longitude.

T.merianae ranges from 7degrees S to 38degrees S lattitude, and from 63degrees W to 35degrees W longitude.

T.rufescens ranges from 18degrees S to 40degrees S lattitude, and from 66degrees W to 58degrees W longitude.

The ranges for these animals actually do exceed what I've given here, but these are where the majority of the wild populations fall in.