Dwarf Tegu

My Dwarf Tegu feeding

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Pets & Animals

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• lizard
• Ameiva
• tegu

[cosmicgate07]

Is taht a full grown??

[KillChrist]

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

[xXTHExSiMPLExLiFEXx]

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

[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.

[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 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 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.

[SoyWithBeer]

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

[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.

[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.

[pinpaums]

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

[tylerf46]

how bigs the tank?

thanks