Mental Floss

Have You Seen This Tegu? These 4-Foot-Long Lizards Are Invading Georgia and Eating Everything in Their Path

If you’re out for a walk in Georgia and happen to see a 4-foot-long black lizard with a white speckled pattern across its back, you shouldn’t panic. What you should do is try to take a photo—it might ...
The State

Invasive lizards the size of dogs are roaming SC. Here’s where and whether they’re dangerous

The Argentine Black and White Tegu, once a darling of the pet trade, is now banned in South Carolina. SC Department of Natural Resources/provided Imagine this. You’re out walking around somewhere in ...
WLRN

Biologists Remove Invasive Tegu Lizard, Threatening Florida's Wildlife

The Argentine black and whiteteguis one of the newest, biggest threats to Florida’s natural wildlife. The large, invasive lizard was first noticed in the wild roughly 10 years ago. Now, it has two ...
The State

Invasive dog-sized lizards roam SC but where do they go in winter? Maybe not far from you

Just where do tegus — lizards the size of dogs — go when winter weather comes to South Carolina? Two types of the non-native lizards from South America have been found roaming all over the state — the ...
Miami New Times

Huge, Hungry Tegu Lizards Invade the Everglades and Beyond

Florida has an invasive reptile problem, and it’s not just the Burmese python. Though it doesn’t have its own Super Bowl or a Discovery Channel TV show dedicated to its hunters, the Argentine black ...