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Common Tegu

Tupinambis teguixin

Description:

Roughly 4-5 inches long with yellow spots all over his body.

Notes:

He was chillin on top of Sugar Loaf mountain with tourists who probably feed him.

1 Species ID Suggestions

correaman13
correaman13 13 years ago
Common Tegu
Tupinambis teguixin


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2 Comments

peter
peter 13 years ago

Thank you! I've updated the spotting :)

correaman13
correaman13 13 years ago

Nice picture. May i suggest some ID's?
The Common Tegu looks simililar to the lizard in this photo, is native to South America (more specifically Brazil) and is lives in the environment associated with the area you've marked as the coordinates.

peter
Spotted by
peter

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Spotted on Sep 23, 2010
Submitted on Oct 6, 2010

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