Here are some pictures of my first tegu. Sadly he was stolen and I don't have any full grown pics. He was just coming out of his second hibernation and slept about 6-7 months each time. I still have an open case with our local sheriff's department so hopefully if they recover any large lizards they'll give me a call.
A couple weeks old:
Just turned a year old, one of the few "clean" pics of him since he lived outside and loved to dig:
At the end of the same summer in his standard dirty skin:
Getting on into his second winter we started getting some nasty weather. After the 4th consecutive freeze I brought him inside and let him spend the rest of his hibernation free ranging the house.
This was one of his favorite spots:
Sometimes I'd catch him moving, usually when there was a fire burning.
Dozing off by the fire:
After the fire burned down he'd either go back to his spot or climb up with me. Quite a few times I woke up with a tegu sprawled out on my chest and his head tucked under my chin. Such a sweet boy, he is greatly missed.
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