arg blk&wht tegus belly turning orange?

[mr.tegu]

just when i thought i had it all figured out another twist! well my argentine black and tegu i purchused late october was about 10-11 inches is growing like crazy, he/she is almost 2 feet already. after handling the tegu today noticed the whole underside of the tegu is turing orange/red, does not look like any fugas,or substrate coloring, has anyone seen this with thier tegus? do you think it could be a red blk/wht mix? all comments welcome!!!

 

[jntann]

HI, the orange color is it like this, just a fant orange color. mine has always been like that

 

[jntann]

hope you can see it in that picture it is the only one i have right now and i can't take another one right now because she is hibernating... sorry............

 

[mr.tegu]

yup looks just like that, but its a brighter orange and goes from the neck down to the end of the tail and comes up to the elbows of the body, your teg looks huge to awsome pic..so this color has nothing to do with being mixed with a red tegu?

 

[jntann]

I don't think so. some times it looks brighter than other times. but i am not an expert on breeding maybe someone could show a picture of a reds belly... and you show a picture of yours

 

[mr.tegu]

i will see what i can do thanks for your help!!

 

[VARNYARD]

It is 100% normal for them to have orange bellys, I have many that are 100% pure black n whites that have this.

 

[hoosier]

mine has quite a bright belly to him. its completely normal ill check to see if i have a pic for you and post it here soon

 

[VARNYARD]

It seems the darker the tegu the more orange the belly is:

 

[hoosier]

well looks like bobby got to it before i did. :lol:

is it me bobby or does the darker tegus seem to have the more orangish bellys?

 

[VARNYARD]

well looks like bobby got to it before i did. :lol:

is it me bobby or does the darker tegus seem to have the more orangish bellys?

I agree, it seems that way.

 

[mr.tegu]

thanks for the fast responses,you guys are a great help, great pics bobby another awsome looking tegu!!

 

[VARNYARD]

thanks for the fast responses,you guys are a great help, great pics bobby another awsome looking tegu!!

Thanks, we are more than happy to try to answer your questions. As for the tegu, she is one I have had a long time, her name is Dark Lady.

 

[hoosier]

how long is dark lady bobby?

 

[VARNYARD]

how long is dark lady bobby?

She is about three feet long, and she is about 8 years old.

 

[laurarfl]

I was wondering if that was Dark Lady. I'm going to post a picture of Kreacher, one of Dark Lady's kiddos (Dk Lady/Zeus). She's not quite as dark, but she has a gorgeous flaming orange belly! My poor hubby will see her and ask, "now, is that the red one you bought?" LOL, no dear, that's a B/W.

My other B/W has more white and a much lighter orange belly, for the record.

 

[Schnab]

My tegu has an orange belly ever since he went into hibernation also. I read somewhere that it's a normal colour change when going into hibernation. I just hope that when spring arrives, he'll regain his white back lol.

 

[VARNYARD]

Laura, I would love to see a picture of her youngen, that would be awesome.

 

[mr.tegu]

i would like to see the pics also, please!!

 

[laurarfl]

I'll try to get them up tomorrow