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Meet the Animals: Cheeks the Red Tegu

Cheeks is part of our newest traveling exhibition, Under the Canopy: Animals of the Rainforest. Red tegus are typically found in Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina in South America. These large adaptable lizards use their long snake-like forked tongues much like we use our noses, picking up scent particles in the air or on the ground, to locate food, identify potential threats, and generally explore their environment. Red tegus are considered a species of least concern. They face many threats in their habitat and are hunted in large numbers for their skin which is used in luxury leather products.