The Nile monitor is one of the largest lizards in Africa. It usually ranges in size between 100 cm and 140 cm (tail included). It can, however, reach up to 200 cm in length.

Montey was done in by a python. The African Nile monitor lizard — a mini-Godzilla that crept around Opal Court in Deltona — was euthanized by a veterinarian at the Halifax Humane Society to ...

Archie was about 3 1/2 to 4 feet, which is typical for a Nile monitor lizard, she said. "Some people were asking if it's native, if they need to worry about seeing those guys out," Kostich said.

Monitor lizards aren’t native to the US, but are now listed as an invasive species in parts of Florida. The Nile monitor was introduced around 1990, most likely as part of the exotic pet trade.

Six-foot predatory lizards normally found along the Nile River in Africa have set up shop in South Florida — and Palm Beach County canals are a hot spot. Nile monitors, which can grow to just ...

Archie was about 3 1/2 to 4 feet, which is typical for a Nile monitor lizard, she said. "Some people were asking if it's native, if they need to worry about seeing those guys out," Kostich said.

A Nile monitor lizard was spotted creeping around homes in Cape Coral.According to WBBH, these lizards are native to Africa and grow up to six-and-a-half feet long.Jill Alvord says she spotted one ...

The Nile monitor is a semi-aquatic lizard.. Identifying features include: Olive green to black in color with cream-colored or yellow stripes on the jaw and head. Rows of yellowish, V-shaped ...

The lizard was most likely an Asian water monitor, according to Ali Mulla, a conservation biology graduate student at the University of South Florida who’s studying a similar species, the Nile ...

The Department of Public Safety had an unusual assignment on Loop 101 near 7th Street Wednesday morning: a monitor lizard was wandering around on the shoulder of the freeway.