As of this Memorial Day weekend, it got a lot harder to bring a species of large lizard into the Palmetto State. It is now illegal to bring a tegu lizard into South Carolina or breed the lizards ...

FILE - Tegus, native to Argentina, are an invasive species in Georgia. The lizards do quite well in the Georgia wild, eating eggs the eggs of many native species like quail and Georgia's state reptile ...

In September a large lizard that can reach up to 4 feet in length and described as a voracious eater was found living under a home in Athens. The tegu, a lizard that is a native of Argentina that ...

LIKE THIS IN HIS BACKYARD LAST WEEK. AN EXPERTS SAY THIS ISN’T JUST ANY LIZARD NOT THIS BIG, THOUGH. IT’S BELIEVED TO BE IN ARGENTINA. A BLACK AND WHITE TEGU LIZARD. AND THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM FOR ...

Argentine black and white tegus aren't the most recent invasive species in Florida, and they won't be the last, unfortunately. What they are doing are making themselves at home in Florida. And not ...

Originally from South America, the charismatic tegu made its way to the United States via the pet trade of the 1990s. But a recent discovery shows these reptiles are no strangers to the region -- ...

Just where do tegus — lizards the size of dogs — go when winter weather comes to South Carolina? Two types of the non-native lizards from South America have been found roaming all over the state — the ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KIMT/CBS Newspath/WKRC) - A man was reunited with his pet lizard after it escaped its enclosure. For five straight days, a pet Argentine black and white tegu named "Porkchop" was on ...

Georgia has more than alligators, turtles, and snakes. While they are the opposite of a welcome guest, multiple Argentine tegu have decided to call this home. What are they and what dangers (if any) ...

Hundreds of non-native animal & plant species live in Florida. They prey on native critters & damage native ecosystems.

Today, the Argentine black and white tegu is considered an invasive species in Florida, but long before they arrived via the pet trade, their prehistoric ancestors roamed this region. Credit: Kevin ...