AZ Central

Are monitor lizards native to Arizona? Here's what we know about the reptile

After a large monitor lizard was recently liberated from a storm drain on the side of Loop 101 in Phoenix, people began to wonder what monitors are and whether they belong in Arizona. A monitor lizard ...
AZ Central

Archie, the lizard rescued from Loop 101, reunited with his owner

Archie, the monitor lizard liberated from the side of a freeway on Wednesday, was reunited with his owner, the Phoenix Herpetological Society, which conducted the rescue, said Thursday. The Arizona ...
WFLA News Channel 8

‘It had some power to it’: Huge monitor lizard caught in NW Hillsborough County

OLDSMAR, Fla. (WFLA) — As soon as Lisa Strout saw the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission come up on her phone on Tuesday, she put everything down and headed out. “Yeah, it’s exciting,” ...
KENS

Archie the missing monitor lizard reunited with his owner after two weeks missing and a morning freeway adventure

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — His name is Archie, and he went on a little walkabout. Archie's adventure lasted about two weeks, ending up — safely — in a media spectacle on the Loop 101 in north Phoenix ...
The News-Gazette

Fisher police alert residents of Nile monitor lizard

A 3-foot Nile monitor lizard like this one is living at Heritage Lake in Fisher, according to the village's police department. Our Communities Editor A 3-foot Nile monitor lizard like this one is ...