Zookeepers are celebrating the hatching of two crocodile tegus for the first time at Nashville Zoo. Screengrab from Nashville Zoo's Facebook page Two “elusive” creatures named for their crocodile-like ...
The tegu, Salvator merianae, is an omnivore. As a juvenile, its diet consists of insects, snails, fruits and seeds. The adult tegu also consumes these, but becomes more predatory, eating reptile and ...
The Argentine black and white tegu is multiplying and mobilizing in the backwoods and backyards of the Sunshine State — a creature more ominous than pythons because of its cold hardiness and ...
Two “elusive” creatures named for their crocodile-like appearance have been hatched at an accredited zoo for the first time, the Tennessee facility said. Nashville Zoo announced the historic hatching ...