Growth and Spread of the Argentine Black and White Tegu Population in Florida

This document is WEC437, one of a series of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. Original publication date, November 2015; revised June 2021. Originally written by Rebecca G. Harvey, former environmental education coordinator; revised by Justin R. Dalaba. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

Rebecca G. Harvey, former environmental education coordinator, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; Justin R. Dalaba, science writer and outreach coordinator, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; Jenny Ketterlin, invasive species biologist, National Park Service; Art Roybal, senior fish and wildlife biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Daniel Quinn, nonnative fish and wildlife biologist, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; and Frank J. Mazzotti, professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.