Yellow tegu pictures in public photo albums

russ1066 · Member Joined: Dec 10, 2004 Posts: 21

Hey rick . You have got two yellow tegus listed as goldtegus in the public photo albums. you might whant to chang them .!

alexisonfire · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:22 pm Post subject:

whats the difference?

Deadpool · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:38 pm Post subject:

i don't believe there such a tegu. They are gold morphs?

Rick · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject:

Russ: If you give me the URLs to them I will check them out. The public album can be uploaded to by anyone so I don't always know whats there.

Deadpool: Yep, there is a yellow tegu (Tupinambis duseni) and I'd love to have some, but they are not legally exported or imported because of CITES. The law here in Maine allows me to own ANY Tupinambis species, so if I could get some legally exported/imported I could have them.

alexisonfire: For info on Gold vs Yellow Tegus see the details in the 'Helpful Info' section, located in the Main Menu.

Rick
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James_James · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:35 am Post subject: Yellow Tegus

Maybe some day Yellow Tegus will be available in the reptile pet trade

Deadpool · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:16 am Post subject:

So there is a gold tegu eh? I wasn't able ot find much info on them. Can you give a quick run-down Rick? Are they agressive/jumpy like the golds?

russ1066 · Member Joined: Dec 10, 2004 Posts: 21

Here is were they are . There in this sites ,public albums-wid tegus-#10 and#15 of 22. Take care Russ

Deadpool · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:34 pm Post subject:

err yellow tegu i mean

James_James · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:49 pm Post subject: yellow Tegus

I think their is very little info, if any on the Yellow Tegu in captivity. Not yet available in the pet trade.

Rick · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:13 pm Post subject:

Russ: All fixed. Thank you.

Dealpool: The yellow tegu (T.duseni) is not in the pet trade so it's hard to say exactly what it's captive behavior would be like. In the wild it's found in many locations where the T.merianae & T.rufescens are found. For a long time scientists even thought the T.duseni (Yellow tegu) and the T.rufescens (Red Tegu) were the same species, just a few regional differences. Based on this, I'd assume the T.duseni (Yellow tegu) would be very similar in behavior to the both the Argentine black & white & the red tegu.

For some info on the yellow tegu do a google search for "T.duseni"

-> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22t.duseni%22

Rick
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russ1066 · Member Joined: Dec 10, 2004 Posts: 21

hey rick . The picturesa of wild teghus pictures #3-#4-5 ,are a gold tegu from Trinidad. Just thought I would let you know .

Deadpool · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:49 pm Post subject:

what is the reason that the yellows aren't in the pet trade?

Rick · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:04 pm Post subject:

Diegar · Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:23 am Post subject:

Rick, i found this pic today and MAN, i love the colors on this thing.

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/laurie_vitt/T._duseni.jpg/view.html

I also saw that it doesn't just come from argentina, but it is mainly Brazilian. Any chance that Brazil is better with allowing exports?
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tupinambis · Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:51 am Post subject:

Brazil is almost similar to Australia for allowing exports of its wildlife. Under normal conditions, it is simply illegal. However, under certain conditions, they will allow export with proper permits.
If you're seriously interested, I can sell you some Tupinambis duseni, but my price is $1000 each, minimum of 5 ordered, payment in advance.