Invasive Tegus eat vulnerable species like the American crocodile, Key Largo woodrat and juvenile gopher tortoises ...

Tegus have sharp teeth and claws for tearing prey and digging ... Tegus are terrestrial lizards. This means they spend most of their lives on the ground, rarely climbing more than a few feet.

As of this Memorial Day weekend, it got a lot harder to bring a species of large lizard into the Palmetto State. It is now illegal to bring a tegu lizard into South Carolina or breed the lizards ...