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    Why is it that the babys of argentine tegus have green heads when they are young is it to help them camo them selves or what :?: I forgot why :?
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    why, it's because they use photosynthesis to convert sunlight to energy of course!


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    What the 8O
    Note: I am speaking from my own experience, so if it dose not work for you I am sorry but it did work for me.

    Tegus kept me happy in a dark time in my life. So if you say I am crazy for loving these animals, who cares what you think.

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    1.2.0 Argentine Red Tegus
    1.2.0 Bearded Dragon
    Coming soon!
    1.1.0 Extreme Chacoans Tegus
    1.3.0 Argentine Black and White Tegus.

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    plantiles!
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    Actually, it is a trait that they share with a number of unrelated reptile species. For example, the spiny tailed iguanas (genus Ctenosaura) of central america also start out either mostly green or green headed, while as adults they are brown, tan and black. I'm not sure if there has been any studies on this, but it would be my guess that it is indeed for camouflage as these species are relatively defenseless when young that tend to inhabit lush vegetation areas at this age, and become rather large and predatory as adults that inhabit more open ecozones.

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