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“Like most nonnative reptiles that slink and slither throughout Florida, the Asian water monitor is an invasive species introduced to the area by people who kept them as pets and released them into the wild when they became too much to handle.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/08/31/florida-family-terrorized-by-backyard-squatter-giant-lizard-that-looks-like-something-out-jurassic-park/?utm_term=.dcdd4e90129d&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Florida family terrorized by backyard squatter: A giant lizard that looks like something out of ‘Jurassic Park’A monitor lizard the size of a post-growth spurt teenager has taken up residence in a South Florida family's backyard.