The latest lizard to invade my garden

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But there are lizards that are much smaller than 2 feet, so… How to label him correctly?

The Invader! Well, yes, but he’s really Lizard Invader #, uh, 6 or 7. Seriously, it happens often enough. And we did have a family of lizards, ranging from 3 1/2 feet to about 5 feet long, living on our roof at our last house. That, apparently, happens often enough here.

These aren’t lizards that’ll eat humans. Heck, they barely looked at my cat, Oberon. Not to munch on, but to see how much of a threat Oberon was to them. Granted, Oberon was a biggish cat at over 14 pounds, massive compared to Sri Lankan cats that seem to average around the 2 or 3 pound mark, but still…

Without further ado, here’s the latest lizard to invade our garden. And no, I have no idea what kind of lizard this is… Thanks to e4c5 (see comments), this lizard has been positively identified as thalagoya (Sinhala), iguana (Sri Lankan English), Bengal monitor (western English), or Varanus bengalensis.

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Author: LMAshton
Howdy! I'm a beginner artist, hobbyist photographer, kitchen witch, wanderer by nature, and hermit introvert. This is my blog feed. You can find my fediverse posts at https://a.farook.org/Laurie.

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