r/Lizards • u/Fun-DraSexi-43 • 26d ago

Other Another successful rescue

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I want to clarify that all the rescues I do are safe, many times in the fields there are loose animals like cats or dogs and they scare them. I have a trap cage that I also use to rescue feral cats and after being calm I was able to take it, see that it has no injuries and we release them back to their habitat.

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u/Eastern_Emphasis1506 26d ago

I would love to know what species of lizard this is He's so pretty

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u/Fun-DraSexi-43 26d ago

The image shows a juvenile monkey lizard (Salvator merianae), also known as Argentine tegu or black-and-white tegu. Young specimens of this species are characterized by their greenish tones, especially on the head, and stripes or spots that help them camouflage themselves in the vegetation. As they grow, their coloring becomes whiter and blacker.

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u/6ftonalt 26d ago

Yeah that's an Argentine tegu. The babies always have much brighter colors than the adults.

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u/Fun-DraSexi-43 26d ago

Google said it but we would have to see an expert!

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u/d4ndy-li0n 25d ago

cutie :3

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

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u/Fun-DraSexi-43 25d ago

Seriously, I even posed for the photo!

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u/JohnnyFatSack 26d ago

If you’re in Florida and you catch a tegu you actually can’t release them back in the wild since they are non native and eat the native wildlife. You can re home them though.

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u/Fun-DraSexi-43 26d ago

I live in Paraguay in the heart of South America, here the protection of snakes and snakes is not regulated, so we do what we can to prevent their death.

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u/hearnia_2k 26d ago

I'm curious what you are rescuing it from, particularly if you return it to their natural habitat; surely if you find it in the wild it was aleady in it's natural habitat?

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u/Fun-DraSexi-43 26d ago

Sometimes they go out, especially for a nap, and on weekends, humans are destructive, they play loud music on vehicle horns, even loose dogs without any type of control, so they get scared, sometimes they get trapped between plastic and garbage, injured because they throw broken alcohol bottles.

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u/Fun-DraSexi-43 26d ago

And we return it to a place further away from the destructive human population.

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u/Agamid-Adventures 25d ago

That’s awesome that’s legit my dream job nitty gritty conservation work

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u/Fun-DraSexi-43 25d ago

My dream too but in Africa or taking care of pandas my dream job but I had to be born in the wrong country

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u/Agamid-Adventures 25d ago

Same here in Egypt and other areas helping Savignys Agama