In the United States caught a four-foot monitor lizard, which «hunted» more than a year (photos)

Residents of Florida, perhaps mentally prepared to everything: storms, hurricanes, a possible encounter with an alligator…

But the meeting «face to face» with the Asian striped lizard came to be certainly not to the liking of even the most courageous inhabitants of the sunshine state. And it was this lizard running around the territory of the Florida Keys more than a year while it tried unsuccessfully to catch power.

Recently the staff of the Commission for the protection of wildlife Florida (FWC) still managed to capture the lizard, which has long successfully avoided the traps.

«The elusive lizard was caught!», — reported on the FWC page in Facebook.

In the United States caught a four-foot monitor lizard, which «hunted» more than a year (photos)Photo: FWC

Representatives of the Commission for the protection of wildlife said that the lizard was a length of over 5 feet (1,52 meters) and weighed about 20 pounds (9 kg).

According to the magazine Reptiles, water monitor lizard is a native species for South Asia. In the nature of very large monitor lizards of this species can weigh more than 20 kg, is the heaviest lizard fauna of the world after the Komodo dragon.

However, they usually do not exceed a length of 150-200 cm and not weigh more than 15 kg. the Males are usually larger than females. They feed on lizards, rodents, insects, molluscs and fish.

In the United States they are kept as Pets, so this monitor either escaped or was released by the owner, who could no longer or would not take care of it.

In the United States caught a four-foot monitor lizard, which «hunted» more than a year (photos)Photo: FWC

According to the FWC, a non-native animal species pose a threat to native species. So in the wild the lizard will no longer be released.

If you see an animal not native to the area you are in, take a photo and inform through free IveGot1 apps, or by calling the hotline exotic species by number: 888-IVE-GOT1 (483-4681).

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