What kind of tegu is black and green?
Unlike the Albino Tegu, they are not always selectively bred. The Red and Blue Tegu is also a natural morph that can be found in the wild. Purple species are normally black and green. The Purple Tegu is just like any other Argentine species with an intelligent and personable nature.
What causes brown spots on the side of the nose?
These lesions are often light-brown patches with irregular border. Sometimes fixed drug eruption can also cause grey-brown, oval or round with sharp edges spots on nose. Although several drugs are associated to cause fixed drugs eruption, most common are cotrimoxazole (Bactrim) and naproxen.
What kind of skin does a tegus lizard have?
Many Tegus are easy to spot as they have black and white banding patterns, but some are speckled, red, orange, yellow and green. They often have long snouts and thick necks. They have small scales, forked tongues, and five distinct toes. Tegus also tend to look like they have lots of skin, with folds in the neck.
What does it mean if you have spots on your nose?
Lentigo maligna is an early form of lentigo maligna melanoma, a potentially life-threatening form of skin cancer. It can be seen as irregular hyperpigmented spots on the nose. As the lesion advance into invasive stage, the initial flat lesion will slowly progress to raised lesion.
What kind of skin cancer is brown on the nose?
Because melanomas begin in the melanocytes, these cancers usually produce skin lesions that look brown or black, but may also cause a lesion with no color. Melanomas can develop anywhere on the body, but most often develop in areas that have had exposure to the sun including the nose and the rest of the face.
Unlike the Albino Tegu, they are not always selectively bred. The Red and Blue Tegu is also a natural morph that can be found in the wild. Purple species are normally black and green. The Purple Tegu is just like any other Argentine species with an intelligent and personable nature.
What kind of skin does an Argentine Tegu have?
Their beaded skin is made up of black and white dots and stripes, however, their most unique feature is their “chubby cheeks”. This feature can only be seen in males and it is because of sexual selection (i.e. stronger jowls equate a stronger male).
Is it OK to let A tegu out in the House?
No, tegus do not really like it when it is cool in the house. If you let your Tegu out to run around make sure that the cage is open so that he or she can go back in to a warm area whenever he wants. If your house is cool, do not be surprised if your Tegu goes under your bed or another dark spot to curl up.
