Did the monitor lizard pet escape to the residential area? Shizuoka Numazu September 27, 20:15
On the afternoon of the 27th, a monitor lizard was found in a residential area in Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, and was captured by a rushed police officer.
Police are looking for an owner, assuming that the pet has escaped.
Around 2:00 pm on the 27th, a neighbor reported to the police box that there was a monitor lizard in the parking lot of Shimokanuki, Numazu City, and a police officer rushed to catch him when he escaped under the storeroom of the house.
According to police, the captured "water monitor" is about 1 meter long and has a yellow and black mottled pattern on its body.
The lizard was found in a residential area, and police are looking for an owner, suspecting that what was kept as a pet has escaped.
According to Takeshi Shirawa, director of the zoo "Izu" in Kawazu Town, Shizuoka Prefecture, "water monitor lizards" inhabit the waterfronts of Southeast Asia and China, and the largest ones exceed 2 meters in length.
In addition, these days, they are often kept as pets, and although they have a gentle personality, they have sharp teeth and claws, so even if they find an escaped lizard, they will not catch it or try to touch it. I want you to report it.
Police "Get out early"
The "water monitor" weighs a few kilograms and is protected by water in a plastic case at the Numazu police station.
Occasionally, the lizard was actively moving around with its blue tongue stretched out.
A police officer said, "It looks relatively fine now, but it is difficult to keep it at the police station, so I would like the owner to come forward as soon as possible."