Majestic Argentine Tegus

[Nytes_Haven]

I received an email with regards to a new type of Tegu, Majestic Argentine Tegu. Has anyone ever heard about this species? I have included the link, from the website, teguterra.com:

http://www.teguterra.com/majesticargentinetegus.htm

Am curious to know if anyone heard of them....

 

[kellen.watkins]

No never heard of them, never heard of a peach tegu or a spotted tegu, in all honesty "max" looks like a red blue hybrid you can definintly see blue and red characteristics

 

[Kebechet]

I'm going to guess they're hybridized red/blue tegus that have been selected for high contrast colors.

 

[spidersandmonsters]

Never heard of them, but they are gorgeous! Haha probably just some sort of redXblue cross though.

 

[Gedy]

the pink spotted ones look like redXargentine.... but never heard them called "majestic"

 

[Bubblz Calhoun]

It's been discussed before,.. they're Red x Black hybrids. Although I have yet to see pics of the parents.

http://www.reptilechannel.com/reptile-magazines/reptiles-magazine/april-2011/majestic-argentine-tegu-bc.aspx

 

[Rhetoric]

Anything to make a buck...

 

[herpgirl2510]

They do have pretty colors.

 

[dragonmetalhead]

You sure they weren't just using majestic as an adjective to describe their tegus and not referring to a specific breed?

 

[kellen.watkins]

Yeah I believe they are trying to pass it off as a morph or breed considering they bred a "spotted tegu" and a "peach tegu" to make a majestic tegu, sounds like they got a cool baby out of a clutch and are spicing it up

 

[Rhetoric]

Yeah I believe they are trying to pass it off as a morph or breed considering they bred a "spotted tegu" and a "peach tegu" to make a majestic tegu, sounds like they got a cool baby out of a clutch and are spicing it up

Agreed. But there are some wild tegus that have crazy colors, I do not think those are allowed to leave their native area though.
http://www.tegutalk.com/showthread.php?tid=7504#axzz1WTlvdSFr

 

[Bubblz Calhoun]

Red x B&W crosses have been done and he has a separate section for them and Majestics on his site. It's marketing,.. you have High Contrast Reds but they're still Reds, you have Underground with Platinum Blues but,.. they are still Blue tegus. It's all marketing in some cases to tell them apart from others but in most cases it's about money.

But I still like how some of them look.

 

[teguboy77]

Yeah i agree with bubblz calhoun there just a hybrid tegu that he's using majestic to throw a different name out there for people to think there some new special tegu for people to want to go out and buy one off him,its about money.I talked to Johnny LaRocca about these on the phone when the article came out in reptile magazine and he told me he was going to sell these for like 1,000 dollars for these and then he offered me one for like 300.00 dollars and i was going to send him the money and he kept dragging his feet,i dont like to put down breeders or bash but i think this majestic tegu is a bunch of BS just my opinion.If your going to go with a hybrid stick with bobby hill and his AA tegus at least he's pretty honest guy.

 

[JohnMatthew]

The only thing new about a red x B&W tegu is the "majestic" name stamped on them.

 

[teguboy77]

Dont get me wrong i m not hating on the tegu,but i was talking to the guy back in march and i got proof of the fact the guy was going to try to sell them for 1,000 a piece and was going to give me a great deal on one for 300.00 then when i was ready to send him the money he drug his feet,i smell bs sorry just another hybrid.Again if you want a nice hybrid buy a AA from bobby good price,awsome tegu,pretty honest breeder IMO........

 

[got10]

Cool but I'm not impressed

 

[reptastic]

Yeah they are just b/wXreds, I wouldn't pay $1,000 let alone $300 for one

 

[Rhetoric]

1k is really high, I hate to compare colombians and argentines too much but it reminds me of the $1200 colombian thats been on fauna for months. They do have nice colors but its not "rare". Hopefully this guy is able to sell some of them but I have a hard time seeing people line up for the babies at that price.

 

[teguboy77]

Well 300.00 was suppose to be with shipping which isnt bad.But just alot of breedrs throw these names on these tegu's just to up the price,and other breeders have good prices and good bloodlines,not say here's a red stripped,blood red,red mango etc, lol,and up the price 100 dollars for the same red tegu.

 

[laurarfl]

Yep...just a marketing name. The same thing happens with corn snake morphs when someone comes up with something new. You have to be be pretty widely accepted into the community to make up a name and have it stick. He did list it in Reptiles as a red x black hybrid.