Black and white lizards that grow up to 5 feet in length, tegus are among the next wave of invasive species moving into the ...

MIAMI – Tegu lizards are reproducing all over South Florida, and they're taking over the Everglades. They are cold-blooded killers, eating their way through the Everglades and putting an entire ...

Invasive tegu lizards thriving in South Florida, moving upstate, FWC says Encroaching species eats ‘truly everything,’ researcher says. Kimberly Miller, Palm Beach Post/Associated Press .

The Argentine tegu lizard doesn’t grow nearly as big as a Burmese python but it may be a greater threat to South Florida’s native animals. At a maximum size of four feet, a tegu can’t gobble ...

The Argentine tegu lizard doesn’t grow nearly as big as a Burmese python but it may be a greater threat to South Florida’s native animals. At a maximum size of four feet, a tegu can’t gobble ...

In this file photo, Tarasca, a tegu lizard, is displayed at the Palm Beach Zoo as an ambassador animal. (© 2013 The Palm Beach Post) Released and escaped pets, as well as unscrupulous dealers ...

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.

Iguanas and tegu lizards are taking over businesses, backyards and South Florida habitats. Rodney Irwin: “They’ve gone from being, ‘Oh, there’s a pretty colorful animal, and the tourists ...

MIAMI -- The Argentine tegu lizard doesn't grow nearly as big as a Burmese python, but it may be a greater threat to South Florida's native animals.

A tegu lizard walks freely across the NB-Reptiles' table during the 2019 Repticon, a reptile and exotic animal expo at the South Florida Expo Center on the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm ...

The Argentine tegu lizard doesn’t grow nearly as big as a Burmese python but it may be a greater threat to South Florida’s native animals. At a maximum size of four feet, a tegu can’t gobble ...

They're nowhere near the size of a Burmese python, but the tegu lizard may be ready to have an even greater impact on the ecology of South Florida.