Beaded Lizard

[Tofuman]

I went to the Herp World Expo in San Jose last weekend and picked up a baby. He's kind of pissy right now, but I'm gonna carefully work with him and hopefully he'll mellow out.

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[NevularScorpion]

his beautifful :)

[Dr Pepper 8D]

Are these guys called Tegu's?

[OphidianDelight]

Are these guys called Tegu's?

Nope. Beaded's and gila monsters are Heloderma lizards. Tegu's are Tupinambis.

OP--That is awesome. I'm currently wearing my wife down on obtaining one. I know someone local to me selling one that is fairly docile and allows handling. Personally, I don't plan on handling, but I'm sure yours will mellow out once it acclimates and gets larger.

[Bazzgazm]

^ if it's the one in chester, it's pretty mellow..... i saw that one when it came into the shop as a baby...

Either way there's not a whole lot to worry about unless you plan on letting the litte guy chew on you for a while...

[OphidianDelight]

^ if it's the one in chester, it's pretty mellow..... i saw that one when it came into the shop as a baby...

Either way there's not a whole lot to worry about unless you plan on letting the litte guy chew on you for a while...

Yeah, we're definitely talking about the same specimen. Crystal picked it up barehanded and it didn't so much as move. Mellow. She did mention that it was a little squirrelly when it was smaller, but from what I saw, it had obviously grown out of that.

[Tofuman]

That is awesome. I'm currently wearing my wife down on obtaining one. I know someone local to me selling one that is fairly docile and allows handling. Personally, I don't plan on handling, but I'm sure yours will mellow out once it acclimates and gets larger. It took me a year to wear my Mom down so I could get one. She thinks they're pretty so I'm sure that helped some.