Summary ²

The gold tegu, also known as golden tegu, common tegu, black tegu and Colombian tegu, is a species of tegu. Its old scientific name (synonym) was Tupinambis nigropunctatus but it has since renamed to Tupinambis teguixin.

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1. (c) Javier Reina Martínez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/42988201@N05/4568032509
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupinambis_teguixin

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