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Tegu

Tupinambis merianae

Description:

Are opportunistic and generalist predators and can consume vegetables, arthropods, other vertebrates and carrion. All species of the genus have part of the distribution in Brazil.

Habitat:

South America This specimen was found in an ancient site of my grandfather. He was next to the pump water.

Notes:

Beware the tail. He uses it as a whip.... The lizard was about 1.40 m. From head to tip of tail.

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LeonardoMB
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LeonardoMB

São José do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, Brazil

Spotted on Dec 6, 2012
Submitted on Dec 18, 2012

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