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fwlion
10-25-2007, 01:47 AM
has there ever been one I would REALLY be interested in an all black tegu

or could it be accomplished through selective breeding

tupinambis
10-25-2007, 12:43 PM
Yes, as a matter of fact there are. At our Brazilian facility we used to have an all black male as well as a nearly completely white (non-albino, non-leucistic) male Tupinambis merianae.

DaveDragon
10-25-2007, 01:09 PM
Can you get any pictures???

tupinambis
10-25-2007, 07:50 PM
If you re-read my post, the operative words in there were "used to have". At the time of their existence, I didn't have a digital camera, and since then they have passed on.

DaveDragon
10-25-2007, 07:56 PM
I don't have to re-read it. I assumed you were studying them, so wouldn't you have taken pictures?? Or were they "farmed" for scientific experiments and what they looked like didn't matter??

tupinambis
10-25-2007, 11:07 PM
Like I said, I didn't have a digital camera with me at that time. Truth be told, they died of old age.