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| Red tegu | |
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| female (center) and male (right) resting | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | Salvator |
| Species: | S. rufescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Salvator rufescens (Günther, 1871)
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The red tegu (Salvator rufescens) is a lizard native to western Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. It is sold in the pet trade around the world due to its ease of care and relatively docile nature.
- ^ Cacciali, P., Carreira, S., Fitzgerald, L., Kacoliris, F., Montero, R., Pelegrin, N., Scott, N., Aparicio, J., Moravec, J. & Gonzales, L. 2021. Salvator rufescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T44579822A44579826. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T44579822A44579826.en. Accessed on 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Salvator rufescens at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-25.