what is it??

[Bartman]

I bought this at the reptile expo in july off PCPC. It said on the box that it was a black and white tegu but it didnt say if it was columbian or argentine. What do you guys think.

sorry bout the blury pics but i only have a webcam.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1953picture_10.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1953tegu.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1953picture_012.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1953tegu2.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1953tegu3.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1953tegu4-med.jpg

enjoy and i hope the pics werent tooo blury

[reptilez]

Looks Argentine, But im not sure.
The pics are kinda Blurry, S/he looks very active. So Cute:D
-Reptilez
Good Luck

[Emily-Fisher]

It is really really really hard to see the pics but it looks a tiny bit like a water monitor... don't trust me though! I'm nothing when it comes to identifying herps ;)

[Bartman]

no its 100 percent a tegu but i wanted to know if its columbian or argentine

[V.hb]

its definatly not a water monitor.. looks like a golden tegu to me, whats its temperment like? get a better pic :)

[Aaron_S]

it's an Argentine. There hasn't been any columbians or goldens in the store.

[NiagaraReptiles]

Actually, I would beg to differ. Argentine Tegus are far and few between since Argentina closed for export, and can be very pricey.
Also, baby Argentine Tegus and Columbian Tegus are very different in colour. Argentines being brilliant green/black and Columbians being gold/black.
ALl that being said, there are other ways to easiliy differenciate between the two species. I think in this case it would be much more simple to post a link with pics :)
<a href="http://www.agamainternational.com/merianae.shtml">Further info with pics here</a>

Best wishes all,

[Bartman]

---niagra reptiles---
on that link there is a picture of two tegus heads. I checked for the scale count and mine has two just like the tegu on the left side of that picture. I dont know scientific names though? so is it the argentine or the columbian?

[NiagaraReptiles]

Argentine Tegus have the 2 loreal scales and Columbians have one. Kinda neat to see more Argentine Tegus up here :)

From your pic, your tegus looked to be quite small and I figured it wasn't big enough to have started changing colours yet.

Best of luck with him/her.

[Bartman]

yea he REALLY small..only about a foot. What colour do they change? and hows there temperment?

[IHATESNAKES]

Sorry Guys, Stupid friend. Please delete this thread.

[Bartman]

??? what was the piont of that last thread?

[Katt]

At Daytona this year, I saw both the colombians gold/black and the argentines green/black. The babies are really easy to tell apart.

[Bartman]

i got my answer from the guy who actually sold it to me so im now 100 percent sure that its an argentine black and white tegu.