"This is the first Ornate Nile monitor that our animal control officer and patrol officers have encountered," she said."
"It is very uncommon and, thankfully, not something we see on a regular basis.""
"I know [the officer] spent some time and struggles to getting it in there because he was blown away when I just reached in and grabbed it," he said."
An ornate Nile monitor was left behind in an Alameda home after previous tenants moved out on Dec. 24. The lizard, which can grow up to six feet long, was guided down from a window using an animal handling snare and placed into a crate. The animal likely escaped a cage after being purchased as a baby and then outgrew the owner’s ability to care for it. The monitor was taken to East Bay Vivarium in Berkeley, where staff noted the species can be aggressive and defensive and provided enclosure space and care.
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