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Manager Steve Byrne said the lizard was believed to be a tegu, a species from South America which is popular as a pet for its docile nature and intelligence. Mr Byrne said the creature was so big ...

Some measures have been taken by state authorities to limit the tegu populations, including banning residents from keeping them as pets. Florida and South Carolina outlawed the reptiles a pets in ...

Tegu end up in the wild generally because people who have kept them as pets let them go when they lose interest or the lizard gets too big — they can grow to be 4 feet long. It’s now illegal ...