Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Teiidae > Salvator > Salvator rufescensSalvator rufescens (Red Tegu)Synonyms: Teius rufescens; Tupinambis rufescens The Argentine red tegu, (Tupinambis rufescens), often referred to as simply red tegu, is one of the largest species of the Tupinambis lizards. As its name suggests, the Argentine red tegu is found in western Argentina, Bolivia as well as Paraguay. They are highly intelligent reptiles and have been known to form bonds with their owners in captivity. Some, such as MacGyver the Lizard, have also been known to come when called by name. |
| Adult Weight [1] | 10.362 lbs (4.70 kg) | | Male Weight [1] | 10.362 lbs (4.70 kg) |  | | Gestation [1] | 84 days | | Litter Size [1] | 21 | | Maximum Longevity [3] | 11 years | | Reproductive Mode [2] | Oviparous | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 20 inches (50 cm) | | | Habitat Substrate [2] | Terrestrial |
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Dry Chaco |
Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Espinal |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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High Monte |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Humid Chaco |
Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Humid Pampas |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Low Monte |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Pantanal |
Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Uruguayan savanna |
Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj ♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 4Diet of the Chaco Chachalaca, Sandra M. Caziani and Jorge J. Protomastro, The Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 106, No. 4 (Dec., 1994), pp. 640-648 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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