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White-and-black Tegu Lizard

Salvator merianae
(Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Lagarto Overo
Teiú-gigante
Family: Teiidae
Order: Squamata
Class: Reptilia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Puerto Iguazú

Synonyms: Tupinambis merianae.


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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 652879
 Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/08/2025
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 470660
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/27/2021
Facundo Quintela
Foto
Photography ID: 469432
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/25/2021
Facundo Quintela
Foto
Photography ID: 469026
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/24/2021
Facundo Quintela
Foto
Photography ID: 70323
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/21/2014
Héctor Schreiber
Foto
Photography ID: 63840
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/03/2014
Marcelo Allende
Foto
Photography ID: 23238
  Juvenile
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
02/03/2008
Alejandro Pieroni
Foto
Photography ID: 16519
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/12/2012
Nicolas Chimento



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241211908/01/202613:57ArgentinaMisionesSelva Iryapú (600 hectáreas), Puerto Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
236651808/09/2025ArgentinaMisionesRuta 101, Puerto IguazúAdrian Braidotti
149287827/10/2021ArgentinaMisionesSelva Iryapú (600 hectáreas), Puerto IguazúFacundo Quintela
148933125/10/2021ArgentinaMisionesSelva Iryapú (600 hectáreas), Puerto IguazúFacundo Quintela
148882424/10/2021ArgentinaMisionesSelva Iryapú (600 hectáreas), Puerto IguazúFacundo Quintela
119766520/02/2020ArgentinaMisionesComplejo Americano, Puerto Iguazú1Jorge La Grotteria
111760523/10/2019ArgentinaMisionesVictoria Aguirre 66, Puerto IguazúGustavo Fernando Durán
111466520/10/2019ArgentinaMisionesSelva Iryapú (600 hectáreas), Puerto IguazúGustavo Fernando Durán
111564819/10/2019ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 12, Puerto Iguazú2Gustavo Fernando Durán
20407621/10/2014ArgentinaMisionesPuerto IguazúHéctor Schreiber
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. White-and-black Tegu Lizard (Salvator merianae) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 18/03/2026.