He added: "We had an emergency call to what was reported as an extremely large lizard. "Being nearly 3ft long it is certainly the largest reptile in our care." Rescue officer Neil Hughes added ...

Pronounced ‘ah-no-lees’, these brightly colored lizards have large throat fans, or a dewlap, which allow them to communicate.

For medium and large lizards, a 25-gauge needle of length 1–1.5 in is attached to a 3-ml syringe. For small lizards, a 27-gauge needle of length 0.5 in is attached to a 0.5- to 1-ml syringe.

Dr Gary Ades, who works for Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, said there are common water monitors, a large lizard native to South and Southeast Asia, in country parks. They were probably released ...