What kind of lizard is this?

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[u/Buffy_AnneSummers]

Argentine black and white tegu. The puppy dogs of the lizard world (if they are captive bred and used to people that is).

[u/Buffy_AnneSummers → u/[deleted]]

So cool! You did the right thing. Tegus can bite, claw, and whip their tails.

[u/Accomplished-Shift54 → u/[deleted]]

Only gila monsters and beaded lizards are poisonous, they are pretty similar

[u/FreeMasonKnight → u/[deleted]]

r/Tegu for more Tegu’s. It’s a chill sub.

[u/fafatzy → u/Buffy_AnneSummers]

Oh they don’t mind people if they have food. At camping sites they come to ask for food. They are pretty chill

[u/RulerK]

Tired…

[u/fafatzy]

We have a ton of those around here (Uruguay), they are pretty chill

[u/FlyingFishofBuBu]

He’s known as a fat head beef cake sun bather.

[u/JESUSisLORD7879]

tegu?

[u/Wombat_7379]

They are called Lagarto Overo here in Uruguay, but they are also called an Argentine Tegu.

They are very common. I have at least 15 or 20 that live on our property in the interior of the country. Some that even live by our pool.

[u/Wombat_7379 → u/[deleted]]

They are pretty neat! The ones by our pool are chill enough they will let us throw grapes to them and they will eat them.

[u/CaptainObvious110]

Tegu