The tegu is a fascinating and fairly popular lizard that is powerful and incredible in appearance, but it’s more suited to experienced reptile keepers. Tegus require specific handling and grow up to ...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — With sharp claws and strong teeth, an invasive lizard species is growing in population in one part of the Treasure Coast, wildlife officials warned Wednesday. The Argentine black ...

Georgia has more than alligators, turtles, and snakes. While they are the opposite of a welcome guest, multiple Argentine tegu have decided to call this home. What are they and what dangers (if any) ...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — The Tegu is a smart and relatively calm lizard, however, they are far from docile when you try and catch one in the wild during their fight-or-flight mode. Their population ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- It is now illegal to buy, sell or release an Argentine Black and White Tegu lizard in North Carolina. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission voted for that back in ...

Tegus are like a cross between an iguana, a snake and a lizard, and people are seeing them more often near Palm Beach County. The invasive Argentine black and white tegu has “reproducing populations” ...

Over 1,500 tegu lizards have been reported or caught in St. Lucie County. St. Lucie County man is Florida's top tegu trapper. Tegus eat alligator eggs and juvenile gopher tortoises. St. Lucie County ...

In September a large lizard that can reach up to 4 feet in length and described as a voracious eater was found living under a home in Athens. The tegu, a lizard that is a native of Argentina that ...

The dog-sized Black and White Tegu has been spotted in South Florida. The Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex posted on social media that the first verified report of the destructive ...

The tegu is a large, invasive, commonly black and white lizard from Argentina. They can grow up to 4 feet long and weighing 10 pounds or more, according to Georgia Wildlife. Unlike some other lizards, ...