Florida Officials Warn Residents About Dangerous Invasive Reptile in the State, and It's Not a Python or Iguana

Wildlife officials urge residents not to approach the lizard and to report sightings immediately ...

South Florida’s Newest Invasive Threat Is a 6-Foot-Long Lizard from Africa

Wildlife biologists and trappers in Florida say Nile monitors are an up-and-coming invasive species that threatens native wildlife.
Miami New Times

Did South Florida Just Gain an Invasive Species? Meet the Nile Monitor

Like other invasive species, including Burmese pythons and green iguanas, it’s legal to humanely kill Nile monitors on private property without a permit, with landowner permission, or on one of 32 ...