For some pet owners, the Argentine tegu checks off a number of notable boxes. Tegus are dog-sized and intelligent, they eat a variety of food, and have become increasingly popular in the United States ...

Apr. 9—SOCIAL CIRCLE — Warming temperatures will have tegus on the move in southeast Georgia. And reporting sightings of tegus, alive or dead, is needed to keep the big, South American lizards from ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina wildlife officials say they've had eight more sightings of the non-native Tegu lizard in South Carolina. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has ...

Wildlife officials in Georgia recently issued a warning about Argentine black and white tegus, 4-foot-long omnivorous reptiles that have been spotted in at least two counties. But earlier this week a ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) continues to receive reports of wild and free-ranging, non-native black and white tegus and has confirmed 13 sightings since ...

REIDSVILLE, Ga. -- An invasive, giant, and dangerous lizard is creeping its way through southeast Georgia and beyond. The Argentine black and white tegu lizards are originally from South America, and ...

Georgia's wildlife agency is once again asking residents to report sightings of an invasive lizard that can pose a threat to native species. The state Department of Natural Resources is trying to ...

New wildlife regulations are in effect in South Carolina banning non-native Argentine black and white tegus from being brought into the state or reproduced. The lizards are being seen more often in ...

Wildlife officials are worried that an invasive lizard species causing problems in at least two neighboring states could now be taking root in South Carolina, with 100 reported sightings in less than ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Eight more sightings of non-native black and white tegu lizards in South Carolina have been confirmed in the past three weeks. Most of them have been in Lexington and Richland ...

Argentine black and white tegu eats the egg of a ground-dwelling bird. (Photo by Robert Siegel / Stanford University) ATLANTA, Georgia, November 24, 2020 (ENS) – Georgia wildlife officials and their ...