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Joined: Mar 18, 2008 Posts: 3 Location: Manchester uk
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:05 am Post subject: B&W Tegus
Hi
How do u tell the difference between a Columbian and an Argentinian b&w tegu? Just Bought my first tegu today and was told it was Argentinian just wondered if there was anyway to make sure.
Joined: Dec 18, 2007 Posts: 874 Location: Eddington, Maine
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:06 am Post subject:
for one. colombians have scales of yellowish white. and args have bands and stripes, they will have like a white stripe going from each shoulder down half of their back.
check out this post. thos are my tegus. in the bottom pic is both my arg. and my col. the arg is the bigger one up front and the colombian is the smaller one in back. _________________ 0.1.0 Colombian Tegu
1.0.0 Arg. Tegu
0.1.0 Bearded Dragon
0.1.0 Royal Python
1.0.0 Crested Gecko
0.0.1 Kingsnake
0.0.1 Painted Turtle
0.1.1 Spotted Pythons
1.2.0 Tokay Geckos
2.3.0 Leopard Geckos
Joined: Dec 18, 2007 Posts: 874 Location: Eddington, Maine
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:08 am Post subject:
oh and btw welcome to the forum/family. keep us updated. have a name for it yet? how big is it? _________________ 0.1.0 Colombian Tegu
1.0.0 Arg. Tegu
0.1.0 Bearded Dragon
0.1.0 Royal Python
1.0.0 Crested Gecko
0.0.1 Kingsnake
0.0.1 Painted Turtle
0.1.1 Spotted Pythons
1.2.0 Tokay Geckos
2.3.0 Leopard Geckos
Joined: Dec 18, 2007 Posts: 874 Location: Eddington, Maine
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:15 am Post subject:
you got a nice beautiful arg. congrats
id also say it looks to be a male but idk. _________________ 0.1.0 Colombian Tegu
1.0.0 Arg. Tegu
0.1.0 Bearded Dragon
0.1.0 Royal Python
1.0.0 Crested Gecko
0.0.1 Kingsnake
0.0.1 Painted Turtle
0.1.1 Spotted Pythons
1.2.0 Tokay Geckos
2.3.0 Leopard Geckos
Joined: Oct 16, 2007 Posts: 1947 Location: San Antonio,TX
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject:
libertine.Welcome to the Tegu forum family and congrats on your beautiful argentine Tegu.Now we have two Che on this forum.Greentriple ( Ricardo's ) Tegus name is Che,too .Thanks for the pictures.Nice enclosure by the way.Good luck with him.
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.Thanks for the pictures.Nice enclosure by the way.Good luck with him.