Invasive Tegus eat vulnerable species like the American crocodile, Key Largo woodrat and juvenile gopher tortoises ...

A hatchling typically runs $200. As with other popular lizard pets, your B&W tegu will need plenty of room in its enclosure, with measurements from 6x3x3 feet to 8x4x3 feet for larger ones.

Tegus are terrestrial lizards. This means they spend most of ... Researchers believe that tegus were introduced to the U.S. via the pet trade. Some reptile fanciers feel Argentine black and ...

They are omnivores and eat plants as well as various types of eggs, pet food, small mammals, insects, reptiles, amphibians and birds, according to DNR. “Tegus are predatory lizards, and they ...

South Florida is on high alert following the sighting of a new reptilian invader: the giant lizard known as the black and ...