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Oregon man captures 6-foot-long lizard in his yard - Sep 8, 2008 The Associated PressRyan Nelson said he thought it was a crocodile when he first spotted the Nile monitor by the rose bushes. He was able to capture it and wrestle it into a Forget the Zoo, 6-Foot Nile Monitor Causing Quite the Stir in ... - Sep 11, 2008 Associated Content,He dismissed it as a cat but upon further investigation, he discovered it to be a 6 Foot Nile Monitor. Ryan stated that at first glance, he thought it to be Ryan Nelson encounters the Nile monitor (Lizard) in his yard - Sep 9, 2008 Newspost Online,The Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) is a large member of the monitor lizard family (Varanidae). Nile monitors grow to about 1.5 to 2 meters (4.5 to 6.5 A Grant's Pass, Oregon Man Found the Nile Monitor in His Yard as ... - Sep 9, 2008 Associated Content,By Brad Sylvester, published Sep 09, 2008 The Nile Monitor is a lizard native to Africa than can grow to over seven feet in length. Nile Monitor Found In Backyard - Sep 9, 2008 Times of the Internet,A Nile monitor has been found by a man who was playing in his backyard with his kids. Ryan Nelson, of Grants Pass, Oregon says he first thought the 6 foot Ryan Nelson Captures 6-Foot-Long Nile Monitor: Photo Of Lizard - Sep 9, 2008 Post ChronicleThe AP reports that authorities state that whoever lost the lizard should have immediately reported it because the teeth and claws of the Nile monitor make Dangerously big - Sep 15, 2008 Hindu,Ryan Nelson of Oregon, US said he thought it was a crocodile when he first spotted the Nile monitor by the rose bushes in his garden. Lizard at large - Sep 12, 2008 The Daily News of Newburyport,The Nile monitor is about 20 pounds, consisting of about "half body, half tail and a big belly," Ralbovsky said. It's dark grayish-black with yellow spots, Grants Pass man captures 6-foot lizard - Sep 8, 2008 KDRV,Ryan Nelson said he thought it was a crocodile when he first spotted the Nile monitor by the rose bushes. "What I thought at first was an alligator, Ore. Family Finds Giant Lizard In Backyard - Sep 10, 2008 Post Chronicle...by Staff Members of an Oregon family say they were shocked to find a 6-foot Nile Monitor lizard in their yard just feet from where their children were Giant Lizard Draws Crowds in Grants Pass - Sep 9, 2008 KTVL,Smith will eventually take his pet home but for now, Fred, the giant Nile Monitor, is drawing crowds at the pet store. "Probably 100 to 200 people a day. The Empty Chair: An historical review - Sep 14, 2008 Loaded Orygun,StS True Animal Story: A six-foot long Nile monitor lizard turned up in the rosebushes near a family home in Grants Pass. Grants Pass, as you may have Man Finds, Captures Six-Foot Lizard - Sep 9, 2008 ShortNews.com,The man, Ryan Nelson, said he thought at first that the Nile monitor lizard was a crocodile. The Nile monitor has the ability to kill pets and cause human Reptile-loving McBain couple has 3 kids, 8 snakes - Sep 2, 2008 Chicago Tribune,The McBain couple has eight snakes, three bearded dragons, one Nile monitor, four rats, a gerbil, some mice -- and three kids. Walking into their home, Runaway Reptile Caught After 4 Days On Lam - Sep 16, 2008 Boston Channel.com,The 20-pound Nile monitor lizard, named Scully, escaped from a home at 37 Elm St. on Friday. The lizard is not poisonous, but can bite. State news of national interest - Sep 10, 2008 International Herald Tribune,But it turned out to be a 6-foot-long lizard called a Nile monitor that's capable of killing pets and injuring humans with its teeth and claws, Lizard still on the lam - Sep 15, 2008 The Daily News of Newburyport,The Nile monitor lizard escaped from 37 Elm St. Friday, setting off an area search involving Salisbury, environmental and state police. CNN Student News Transcript: September 12, 2008 - Sep 11, 2008 CNNCARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS: So you're out having fun with the family and this thing comes along: a six-foot long Nile monitor, aka lizard, big enough to Group lobbies for iguana rules - Sep 17, 2008 Sun-Sentinel.com,Foundation of Florida wants the state to act against iguanas much as it did earlier this year in regard to pythons, anacondas and Nile monitor lizards. Review: Christy's 'The Lizard King' tips scales of justice - Aug 13, 2008 Tampabay.com,...alligators in every retention pond and canal, there are anacondas and pythons invading the Everglades and Nile monitor lizards colonizing Cape Coral. Cape Coral council looks to regulate iguanas - Aug 11, 2008 The News-Press,Unlike Nile monitor lizards, which also plague the Cape, the iguanas aren't dangerous to pets or people. They eat mainly plants and insects. Basilisk lizard in Cape Coral raises invasive concern - Aug 7, 2008 The News-Press,Green iguanas, known for their rabbit-like ability to procreate, and the notoriously ill-tempered Nile monitor lizards, which have been implicated in the Reptiles need petting, too - Aug 4, 2008 Battle Creek Enquirer,Joel Fluty of Kalamazoo sat with Digger, an 8-year-old, three-foot-long Nile monitor, native to central Africa, curled up in his lap, Digger's head resting Week of the Young Child at EOC Tech, CDC - 25 Apr 2008 NewsOK.com (subscription),Fluffy the rabbit; Luke, the Nile monitor lizard; and Della the crested porcupine. Della not only has participated in various parades and events, Voracious iguanas and Nile monitor lizards are spreading north - Mar 28, 2008 Sarasota Herald-Tribune,Half a dozen exotic iguanas and one 2-foot-long Nile monitor lizard now live at the park, said resident naturalist Ed Wolfenbarger. Leaping Lizards! Iguanas, Monitors Posing Threat To Sarasota's Ecology - Mar 26, 2008 Tampa Tribune,Booming populations of iguanas and Nile monitor lizards are posing a serious threat to native species, officials said. The county is asking the public for • One Man's Pet, Another's Invasive Species One Man's Pet ... - Apr 17, 2008 Washington Post,...and the Nile monitor lizard, a toothy carnivore that can reach seven feet in length and has found a happy home along the canals of Cape Coral. County seeks help tracking large exotic lizards - Mar 27, 2008 Bradenton Herald,Sarasota County officials say iguanas and Nile monitor lizards are moving into area parks and reserves, and they pose a threat to endangered native species An outbreak of Nile Monitor Lizards across Florida? - Apr 19, 2008 Winknews.com,An outbreak of Nile monitor lizards across Florida. What sounds like it should be the plot for a science fiction thriller is actually possible according to Sarasota wants to rid area of the lizards - Mar 27, 2008 Charlotte Sun-Herald,The Sarasota County government is looking for iguanas and nile monitor lizards and taking action. The county is working on trapping the critters that can The dragon of Cape Coral - Apr 19, 2008 The Wenatchee World Online,The Nile monitor lizard is not a cuddly creature. It is related to the Komodo dragon, has razor- sharp teeth and fearsome claws, and can grow to be seven 13-foot python caught near Wal-Mart - Feb 6, 2008 WWSB,If you want to bring home a python, Green Anaconda or Nile Monitor Lizard you are now required to get a permit and microchip. You also have to pay a $100 Metrozoo offers wild-pet amnesty - Feb 21, 2008 MiamiHerald.com,While not all exotic pets require permits to own them, poisonous snakes, several species of large constrictors that thrive in Florida and the Nile monitor Monitor Lizard Found In Cage Of Rats - Nov 25, 2007 Local6.com,A landlord in Christmas found a large abandoned Nile monitor lizard abandoned at a mobile home in a cage full of rats over the weekend. Cape councilman concerned about crossbow use - Nov 28, 2007 The News-Press,The city regular traps and removes Nile Monitor lizards, another invasive species that has infested the area. But those are carnivorous predators. Large lizard found abandoned - Nov 26, 2007 United Press International26 (UPI) -- A Christmas, Fla., landlord said he discovered a large Nile monitor lizard abandoned in a mobile home filled with rats. Iguanas become targets in Cape Coral - Nov 27, 2007 The News-Press,Sandra Allen worries many residents can’t tell the iguanas apart from more aggressive Nile monitor lizards, another invasive species that populates Cape Another Nile monitor lizard spotted in Edgewood - Oct 8, 2007 Orlando Sentinel,That 4 1/2 foot Nile monitor lizard on the loose in Edgewood has friends - or worse yet - a mate. Edgewood police and trappers from Critter Control Orlando Wanted: Monitor Lizard - Oct 10, 2007 WESH.com,The large Nile monitor lizard climbed up a tree in Edgewood on Monday after neighbors spotted him. The lizard is no longer perched in his usual spot in the 4-Foot Monitor Lizard Caught - Oct 11, 2007 Central Florida News 13|,On Thursday, a police officer caught a four foot African Nile monitor lizard that had some folks on edge for weeks. Police think the lizard used to be a pet Super-sized lizards claim Orlando-area city as their own - Oct 9, 2007 Sun-Sentinel.com,Cape Coral is battling carnivorous lizards, like this dead 3-foot long African Nile monitor. The creatures are known to eat pets, but a bigger problem is Long arm of the law snatches a big lizard - Oct 13, 2007 Orlando Sentinel,The African Nile monitor lizard that has been roaming around Edgewood for weeks was captured on Thursday. (Stephen M. Dowell, Orlando Sentinel / October 11, Feral lizard wrestled into captivity - Oct 12, 2007 Earthtimes,EDGEWOOD, Fla., Oct. 12 A 4-foot-long African Nile monitor lizard was in custody in Florida after scaring a town for weeks. The lizard was captured Thursday No room for exotics - Sep 23, 2007 Orlando Sentinel,New legislation lists the Nile Monitor lizard as one of six species of "reptiles of concern" that now require a microchip and a permit to possess, Monitor Lizard Avoids Capture In Edgewood Neighborhood - Oct 9, 2007 WFtv.com,The African Nile Monitor can grow to seven feet long. Its sharp teeth and claws make it dangerous. It's also known to have a very aggressive temperament Big African lizards loose in Florida - Oct 9, 2007 Earthtimes.org,Officials in Edgewood, a few miles south of Orlando on Lake Conway, have been trying to trap a 4 1/2-foot African Nile monitor lizard that has been spotted Trap fails to snare lizard - Oct 10, 2007 Orlando Sentinel,EDGEWOOD - A trap baited with chicken eggs failed to snare the African Nile monitor lizard on the loose in Edgewood. Police and trappers from Critter Long arm of the law snatches a big lizard - Oct 12, 2007 Orlando Sentinel,They caught the 4-foot, Godzilla-like African Nile monitor lizard that had folks in this bedroom community riled for weeks. Residents had been keeping pets Trappers serious about giant lizard - Oct 4, 2007 Orlando Sentinel,EDGEWOOD - If the African Nile monitor lizard that was on the loose in Edgewood isn't caught by the time you read this, you might get a knock on the door or Along Tamiami Trail, a world all its own - Sep 26, 2007 MiamiHerald.com,By way of explanation, Scholle led us into the back of the shop where several Burmese and reticulated pythons, a Nile monitor lizard, anaconda, parrots, Poisonous, Aggressive Lizard Found Wandering Streets - Aug 7, 2007 News4Jax.com,Animal Control officials said a potentially dangerous and poisonous Nile Monitor was safely captured and locked up Tuesday evening. Pet Lizard Escapes, Becomes Mistaken ID Victim - Aug 9, 2007 News4Jax.com,Animal Control officials originally thought they had found a Nile Monitor lizard, which are poisonous and aggressive, wandering the streets of Jacksonville. Twenty-Foot Snakes - Jul 24, 2007 Washington Post,These Burmese pythons are some seriously large snakes, and they're now cheek by jowl with the gators, the Nile Monitor Lizards and the Asian Swamp Eels down Action plan devised for lizard extermination - Jul 24, 2007 WBBH,SANIBEL ISLAND: Sanibel city leaders are fearful the Nile Monitor Lizard population is growing. As much as 30 are now believed to be on the island causing Guest commentary: Some tough views on animals in the news - Jul 24, 2007 Naples Daily News,In the July 11 edition of the Daily News, there was an article about the Nile monitor lizards that have invaded Cape Coral. One such lizard had killed and WAYWARD LIZARD FANS THE FLAMES - Aug 8, 2007 Florida Times-Union,Animal Care and Control officials at first said Brian was a Nile Monitor lizard, a species the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission calls a What are tigers, hippos and apes doing in a Florida reptile bill ... - Jul 24, 2007 Blogger News NetworkThe measure targeted African Rock, Burmese, Reticulates and Amethystine/scrub pythons, Green anacondas and Nile monitor lizards. The supposed need for this Freed exotic pets becoming problem Nov 13, 2006 ..."They could depopulate our native species in some ways," said Edwards, who is known as the State Spider Man. "The Nile Monitor (lizard) is aggressive. ... - Monterey County Herald, Can't Tell If It's an Anole or a Gecko? Then Get This Book Nov 14, 2006 Some, such as some of the iguana species, may merely be pests, but others, such as the Nile monitor lizard, are potentially dangerous to wildlife, domestic ... - The Ledger, Tarantulas taking root in Florida Oct 31, 2006 The rising popularity of the exotic pet trade has led to the release and spread of many species of unwanted animals including Nile monitor lizards, python ... - Charlotte Sun-Herald, The owls of Southwest Florida Nov 2, 2006 ...birds. Car strikes, burrow flooding and predation by cats, dogs, fire ants and large Nile monitor lizards cause high mortality. ... - Naples Daily News, New businesses sprout to help islander deal with lizard problem Mar 24, 2006 Working out of Cape Coral, Harlow has experience in removing the carnivorous Nile monitor as well as the common green iguana from properties in Lee, Collier ... Boca Beacon, Cape Coral mailbag Feb 25, 2006 ...consequences? Recently, The News-Press has run several articles dealing with the problem of Nile monitor lizards in Cape Coral. ... The News-Press, It's a jungle out there Mar 13, 2006 In recent years, Burmese pythons and Nile monitor lizards in South Florida have grabbed attention as stars in a real-life horror show. ... Orlando Sentinel, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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