not really having a good February... could you post some tegus maybe?? and do you have a favorite? I'm biased towards Argentine Black and whites because i have one but I love the Gold ones as well
You should definitely check out previously posted Tegus.
Herps and Birds (and More) (Posts tagged tegu) (tumblr.com)
For some reason, I think the coloration, I particularly like the Crocodile Tegu. Also, i really like aquatic/semi-aquatic lizards.
Crocodile Tegu (Crocodilurus amazonicus), family Teiidae, Peru
photograph by Matt Cage
photographs by Richard Bartlett
Common or Gold Tegu (Tupinambis teguixin), family Teiidae, northern South America
photograph via: https://carnivora.net/
Argentine Black and White Tegu (Salvator merianae), family Teiidae, found in western South America
An anonymous request asked for a "large ankylosaur-like herbivorous notosuchian":
Mitafosuchus pachysomatus is descended from Simosuchus-like notosuchians in Madagascar that survived through the K-T extinction.
Highly convergent with the now-extinct ankylosaurs, it's a 5m long (~16'4") squat tank-like herbivore with hoof-like claws, and a wide short snout used for grazing on low vegetation. Heavy interlocking osteoderm amor covers most of its body, protecting it against the big carnivorous crocodyliformes that also still survive in this version of Cenozoic Madagascar.
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Another anon wanted to see a "giant warm blooded lizard":
Atopohippus zestamenus is a descendant of invasive Argentine giant tegu lizards that became established on an island archipelago. At 2m tall (~6'6") and around 6m long (~20') it's an example of island gigantism, and occupies a high-browsing-herbivore ecological niche similar to giant tortoises and prosauropods.
Its ancestors' seasonal endothermy has become full endothermy in this species, partly due to young individuals having a very rapid growth rate and metabolism – their main defense against the predators on their island home (primarily carnivorous tegu-descendants and large birds of prey) is to simply get to a big body size as fast as they possibly can.
I'm running a k*ckstarter for lizard enamel pins! 🦎 We already have funded the first two designs (see the list below the cut) before I even got to post here :) The earlybird prices end on Oct 22! Please share with your reptile loving friends 🫶