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Seeds recovered from gut contents of Argentine black and white tegus from South Florida

November 2025 (approx.)

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Seeds recovered from gut contents of Argentine black and white tegus from South Florida: (a) Adonidia merrillii (b) Amaranthus sp. (c) Annona glabra (d) Ardisia elliptica (e) Arecaceae (f) Bidens sp. (g) Carica papaya (h) Chrysobalanus icaco (i) Cladium mariscus (j) Coccinia grandis (k) Cucurbitaceae (l) Kyllinga squamulata (m) Digitaria sp. (n) Dypsis lutescens (o) Eugenia uniflora (p) Euphorbia sp. (q) Euphorbiaceae (r) Fabaceae (s) Ficus sp. (t) Helianthus sp. (u) Ilex sp. (v) Lantana sp. (w) Melothria pendula (x) Metopium toxiferum (y) Momordica charantia (z) Morinda royoc (a1) Nekemias arborea (b1) Paspalum sp. (c1) Passiflora suberosa (d1) Phoenix reclinata (e1) Phoenix roebelenii (f1–g1) Physalis sp. (h1) Phytolacca americana (i1–o1) Poales (see Table 1) (p1–q1) Polygonum sp. (r1) Portulaca sp. (s1) Ptilimnium capillaceum (t1) Ptychosperma elegans (u1) Roystonea regia (v1) Sabal palmetto (w1) Schinus terebinthifolius (x1) Serenoa repens (y1) Sideroxylon salicifolium (z1) Syagrus romanzoffiana (a2) Tetrazygia bicolor (b2) Toxicodendron radicans (c2–d2) Vitis sp. (e2) Ximenia americana (f2) Zamia sp. (g2) Zanthoxylum fagara. A ruler is provided for seed size determination with each increment equal to 1 millimeter. Images courtesy of K.R. Davis.

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