Dwarf Chilean Tegu

[Iguanalady]

Anyone know where there might be a female dwarf Chilean Tegu for sale? Are they CITES?

[CamHanna]

Well, no one else has responded... I don't know where you can get one but they aren't CITES listed.

http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html shows the Teiidae listed by CITES.

[Iguanalady]

Actually the dwarf chilean tegu isnt Teiidae its Callopistes maculatus or something I think. But thanks

[Iguanalady]

Actually the original source of the male tegu I have was some breeder called Interior Breeders in BC or something I think. Does anyone know these guys or how to contact them?

[CamHanna]

Originally posted by Iguanalady
Actually the dwarf chilean tegu isnt Teiidae its Callopistes maculatus or something I think. But thanks

Callopistes maculatus belongs to the family Teiidae.

[Iguanalady]

Oh really. From what I have read they aren't "true" tegus....so I just assumed they werent in that family.

[CamHanna]

Yes, 'true tegus' like the argentine and the golden are in the in the genus Tupinambis and this lizard is in Callopistes, but both genera are in TEIIDAE, along with several other North and South American lizards.

http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/families/Teiidae.html has a list of members of the family TEIIDAE.

http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/LivingReptiles.html is a great database whenever you want to check up on taxonomy.

Good Luck with your tegus.