Snake lovers rescue giant lizard in Uitenhage

10kg rock monitor safely relocated to new home in Hopewell Nature Reserve

Millipedes, locusts and now SA’s second-largest land lizard — Uitenhage has seemingly become an oasis for creepy crawlies.

Desiree Wilken, 33, of Winterhoek said for as long as she could remember there had always been one or two reptiles living in their backyard as she would sometimes hear noises coming from their storeroom roof...

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