Because it is a tegu? A lizard from South America? American bastardization of the Spanish word "teju."
Better not check out the photo section of my blog. It got the old tegu and an old skink.
Yeah, an old pet of mine.
Because they are the closest thing to a hypoallergic dog you can get. I am allergic to mammalian wastes, so... I am quite limited in what I can have. I love dogs, but I can't go near certain breeds because of their habits.
Same thing with cats... I love them, but I get wicked sinus infections from them. Lizards were the only thing I had, beside Shiba Inus, that doesn't flare up my allergies. Snakes, fishes, turtles, rodents all flare up my allergies as well when it come to cleaning up after them.
As much I like my ferret, I don't like how paranoid I became about ferret-proofing and worrying about stolen items.