Rare Monitor Lizard Now on Exhibit at the San Diego Zoo
An extremely rare monitor lizard is now making its home at the San Diego Zoo. The lizard, a year-old Gray’s monitor, hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo through a conservation breeding program before arriving in San Diego earlier this year. The monitor’s parents were from a group of lizards confiscated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from the illegal pet trade. Only a handful of accredited zoos in the United States currently house this species, and the San Diego Zoo is only one of two institutions that received an offspring from the Los Angeles Zoo’s breeding program.
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Rare Monitor Lizard Now on Exhibit at the San Diego Zoo
An extremely rare monitor lizard is now making its home at the San Diego Zoo. The lizard, a year-old Gray’s monitor, hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo through a conservation breeding program before arriving in San Diego earlier this year. The monitor’s parents were from a group of lizards confiscated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from the illegal pet trade. Only a handful of accredited zoos in the United States currently house this species, and the San Diego Zoo is only one of two institutions that received an offspring from the Los Angeles Zoo’s breeding program.
Details: bit.ly/SDZMonitor