‘Extraordinarily massive lizard’ saved in canine kennel after being present in Guernsey

An “extremely large lizard” has been discovered on the unfastened on the island of Guernsey.

The reptile, which is almost three toes lengthy, is so huge it was saved in a canine kennel by rescuers on the Guernsey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA).

Steve Byrne, the GSPCA supervisor, mentioned rescuers are looking for the house owners of the lizard which they consider is a tegu.

The reptiles are native to Central and South America.

The GSPCA have been known as at round 4:30pm on Friday to the parish of Castel on the island.

Rescue officers Geoff George and Neil Hughes attended the scene and have been mentioned to be “very surprised to what they found”.

Mr Neil Hughes mentioned: “When we are called out to lizards they are often bearded dragons or sometimes tiny lizards found in suitcases from holidaymakers returning home.

“Today after I attended the scene in Castel I used to be confronted with the most important lizard rescue I’ve been known as out to which was an actual shock.

“Geoff managed to restrain the extremely large lizard which we have now safely transported to the GSPCA.”

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Steve Byrne, GSPCA supervisor, mentioned “We are currently trying to find the owner of the extremely large lizard and also trying to identify the exact species, which we believe is a tegu.”

“It is so big it is currently in a kennel as we don’t have a vivarium large enough.

“Being almost three toes lengthy it’s actually the most important reptile in our care.”

The GSPCA mentioned it has plenty of reptiles it’s making an attempt to house, together with two snakes and a bearded dragon.