Dwarf Tegu

[xXTHExSiMPLExLiFEXx]

Nice sand must be tasty for impaction! Yay maybe u should look up impaction

[SoyWithBeer]

are they as intelligent as their bigger cousins? jus wanted to know. kinda neat to hav a miniature sized tegu..

[pinpaums]

this not a dwarf tegu this is one ameiva and this type appears only on columbia and brazil

[katiscaligari]

This is Ameiva ameiva, commonly called the Dwarf Tegu. They are pretty widespread in South America and have even been established in Florida, which is where I caught mine.

[mrbooger33333]

Actually a dwarf tegu is different. I use to have one before Chili stopped exporting reptiles. Look up Chilian dwarf tegu's they're cool. Cool amevia though, I'm thinking of getting one. How do you like it.

[johnnecron]

@mrbooger33333 You are correct in that this is a giant Amieva from Guyana most likely.

I used to be a wholesaler and sold all of the chilean lizards before they shut down. they had the most varieties of swifts of any country. However with the Chilean dwarf tegus. they are hard to find in any collections because they died.

[mrbooger33333]

@johnnecron The Chilean dwarf was the first reptile I ever owned and it was also probably the coolest I've ever owned. Too bad they're unavailable now.

[johnnecron]

@mrbooger33333 How long did it live for you?

I know of no one who ever managed to keep them alive for any lengh of time.

I believe it was due to their dietary requirements that in my opinion are simular to the western collared lizard.

LIzards are its main diet.

[mrbooger33333]

@johnnecron He was very tame and would sit on my shoulder while I was out back or at the park. It was amazing. I had it for about 1 1/2 years until one day I was out back with it on my shoulder and a house cat jumped on the fence and scared it and it took off and disappeared in the wood pile. So I don't know how long it lived, but the climate where I lives would have been ok for him. I've been trying to find another one ever since and that was 19 years ago. I fed him mice,crickets and fruit.

[tylerf46]

how bigs the tank?

thanks

[johnnecron]

that is a giant amieva that is imported from Columbia

I think there is a greater amieva and a lesser amieva.

your is the Greater.

I used to buy them for 6 dollars wholesale back in 1991

[cosmicgate07]

Is taht a full grown??

[KillChrist]

Just about this species only gets around a foot to a foot and a half

[JaySkuh]

5stars, always interested in false tegu, can u give me some info?do they become as tame as any tegu?Size?Fat distribuation, thanks man

[KillChrist]

There are 15 different species of Ameiva

although they are nervous and nippy, and some species are more aggressive than others.

But I have been able to tame them it just takes a lot of work and handling for the animal to gain trust with you.

They'll feed off crickets,worms,beetles,roaches­,fruit and veggies

[KillChrist]

Also

they get just about 20 inches when full size

[JaySkuh]

tempered like Columbian or worste

[KillChrist]

Not as bad at all