Latest red tegu research
Newest papers on Salvator rufescens in the HerpAtlas research library, updated automatically.
- Localized Coagulative Myonecrosis Presenting as a Discrete Thigh Mass in a Captive Red Tegu (Salvator rufescens)
Yash Bhate, Ushma D Patel, Soham Mukherjee · Asian Journal of Research in Animal and Veterinary Sciences · 2026-08 · open access
A discrete, firm mass was identified on the dorsal aspect of the right thigh of an adult female Red Tegu (Salvator rufescens) maintained at Sardar Patel Zoological Park, Gujarat, India. The swelling had enlarged slowly over approximately four months, while the animal remained clinically stable with…
- Modeling current and future distribution of invasive tegu lizards along geopolitical boundaries in the contiguous United States: Implications for invasion threat
Amanda M. Kissel, Catherine S. Jarnevich, Andrea F. T. Currylow et al. · Climate Change Ecology · 2025-07 · open access
- Assessing Judgment Bias in Ambassador Animals: Two Case Studies
Jordyn Truax, Jennifer M. Vonk · International Journal of Comparative Psychology · 2025-07 · open access
Judgment bias tasks assess optimism and pessimism through responses to ambiguous stimuli. Optimistic individuals anticipate receiving a reward whereas pessimistic individuals anticipate a lack of reward when interacting with ambiguous stimuli, which is reflected in approach time. Researchers have…
- Vertebral Osteomyelitis in a Black Spiny-Tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) and a Red Tegu (Salvator rufescens)
Ferran Solanes Vilanova, Annemie Van Caelenberg, Joana Pontes et al. · Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery · 2023-01
- Eventration in Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
Lara Bernardes Bizinoto, César Henrique Branco, Isabel Rodrigues Rosado et al. · ACTA SCIENTIAE VETERINARIAE · 2021-01 · open access
Background: The reptile class could be considered one of the biggest vertebrate groups and are divided in orders and suborders according to their characteristics. These animals’ maintenance in captivity, either at home, captive bred or at zoos, can generate risk to their health, if the required…
- Hybridization and hybrid zone stability between two lizards explained by population genetics and niche quantification
Imanol Cabaña, Margarita Chiaraviglio, Valeria Di Cola et al. · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society · 2020-02
- Decline in the Population of the Red Tegu, Salvator rufescens (Günther, 1871): Preliminary Results of a Threats Analysis
Thomas Vinke, Sabine Vinke · Russian Journal of Herpetology · 2019-04
- Modeling the distributions of tegu lizards in native and potential invasive ranges.
Jarnevich CS, Hayes MA, Fitzgerald LA et al. · Scientific reports · 2018-07 · open access
Invasive reptilian predators can have substantial impacts on native species and ecosystems. Tegu lizards are widely distributed in South America east of the Andes, and are popular in the international live animal trade. Two species are established in Florida (U.S.A.) - Salvator merianae (Argentine…
- Salvator rufescens (Argentine Red Tegu). Diet.
William Stark, Gonzalez-Rivas Cynthia Jessica, and Juan Carlos Acosta · Herpetological Review · 2018-01
- Relationship between pre‐ and post‐copulatory traits in Salvator rufescens (Squamata: Teiidae)
Blengini CS, Naretto S, Cardozo G et al. · Biological journal of the Linnean Society. Linnean Society of London · 2016-12
- Plasmatic estradiol and progesterone variations during the reproductive cycle of captive female argentine red tegu lizards, tupinambis rufescens
Maria Valeria Garcia Valdez, Silvia N. Chamut, Graciela A. Jahn et al. · 2016-10
- Activity and Ranging Behavior of the Red Tegu Lizard Tupinambis rufescens in the Bolivian Chaco
Rossy Montaño, Rosa Leny Cuéllar, Lee A. Fitzgerald et al. · South American Journal of Herpetology · 2013-08
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