Resident hands over endangered clouded monitor to rangers in Ho Chi Minh City
Sunday, June 16, 2024, 10:50 GMT+7
A resident in Ho Chi Minh City handed over a 1.2-meter-long clouded monitor weighing some seven kilograms to forest protection officers on Saturday.
The municipal Forest Protection Department confirmed on Saturday that it had received the clouded monitor from Truong Van Thuong, a dweller in Binh Chanh District.
Thuong told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that he found the lizard in his house on Friday while he was sweeping the floor.
He and his family members caught the reptile and put it in a cage.
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| The clouded monitor that Truong Van Thuong handed over to the Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department on June 15, 2024. Photo: Ngoc Khai / Tuoi Tre |
He knew that it is an endangered animal, so he handed it over to the Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department,Thuong added.
He did not know where the clouded monitor came from and expected local rangers to take care of the animal and release it back to nature, the man said.
Rangers said the lizard is a female clouded monitor, whose scientific name is Varanus nebulosus.
The reptile belongs to Group IB of rare and endangered species that need to be preserved.
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