Who Shall Talk About Reptiles??

[roastedspleen]

for some reason whenever uou guys reply you sound like your angry.....

 

[BlackendMetalDeathHead666]

for some reason whenever uou guys reply you sound like your angry.....

I am not angry lol

 

[roastedspleen]

i ment others

 

[james.w]

I'm not angry at all. Sorry if my typing sounds angry, the internet does that sometimes.

 

[BlackendMetalDeathHead666]

*glares at james* ARE YOU CALLING ME OUT!!!!! RAWRRRRR *explodes in anger** ME ANGRY!!!! *sMASHES LIKE DONKEY KONG* haha

 

[roastedspleen]

that happends to me on facebook and people are actually sarcastic but you cant tell because there is no way to interpret text as real emotions or joking.

 

[reptastic]

Lol i dont think anyone is angry, i know im not

 

[roastedspleen]

oh well i probably got confused
i always wondered something though. can a tegu have color morphs?

 

[james.w]

Albino would be the only morph that I am aware of..

Here is a video of the water monitor that free roams the shop in So Cal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAhnEMeoKOs&feature=related

 

[roastedspleen]

only albino? leopard geckos have over 20 different morphs all originating from the normal morph

 

[reptastic]

Well you have the various degrees of coloring with each tegu, like reds and the high contrasts, i have seen them range from a purpleish to orangeish color, with the b/w's you have the black noses and high white, same with blues you have the albinos, high whites and plantinum, just variations in their colors, not really morphs persay but they can vary greatly

 

[Rhetoric]

And patterns, Guru has a weird pattern its all jumbled looking, Rango is more striped, Gary is more spotted. All 3 are black and whites but Rango is the brightest, Gary has a darker head.

 

[BlackendMetalDeathHead666]

Okay Okay so, all of you beautiful people, you beautiful tegoaddicts, let me ask you this!!! okay, SO, i read, that they just found a new species of monitor. not long ago they did the same with a pit viper. they said only a few species of tegu have been revealed to the u.s ect places. and that there could be other species, larger.smaller ect what do you all think of this? and what would you like to find if there was more new species yet to come or expect to find?

 

[roastedspleen]

search crocodile tegu and you'll see

 

[BlackendMetalDeathHead666]

i love those!!!!

 

[reptastic]

There are various tegus in south america, as someone mentioned before we have have barely tapped the tip of the iceberg with the species we have availible here in the pet trade, check this out there are some spectacular tegus in the wild but with the import ban they may never make it into the pet trade

Wild Tegus

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Crocodile tegus are not true tegus, they are thought to be close cousins like the green ameiva aka dwarf tegu, they are awesome though

 

[BlackendMetalDeathHead666]

well i hope when im down in south america and build my sanctuary years from now ill be able to own a few that way id welcome you to come visit when that time comes

 

[reptastic]

That would be awesome, i hope to visit oneday and see some wild tegus

 

[BlackendMetalDeathHead666]

yes yes!!! now if only we could undo all these bans.

 

[roastedspleen]

all these amazing animals existed? i just thought there were a few species of tegu... i wanna see hybrids with those