a large lizard of the genus Tupinambis, native to South America
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As in the bearded dragon, we demonstrate the existence of two sleep states in tegu lizards.
Paul-Antoine Libourel, Baptiste Barrillot, Sébastien Arthaud, Bertrand Massot, Anne-LaureMorel, Olivier Beuf, Anthony Herrel, Pierre-Hervé Luppi 2018, 'Partial homologies between sleep states in lizards, mammals, and birds suggest a complexevolution of sleep states in amniotes.', PLoS Biologyhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6181266?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
For three decades more than 34 million tegu skins were in trade, about 1.02 million per year.
John C. Murphy, Michael J. Jowers, Richard M. Lehtinen, Stevland P. Charles, GuarinoR. Colli, Ayrton K. Peres, Catriona R. Hendry, R. Alexander Pyron 2016, 'Cryptic, Sympatric Diversity in Tegu Lizards of the Tupinambis teguixin Group (Squamata,Sauria, Teiidae) and the Description of Three New Species', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0158542. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)