On the afternoon of May 14, two teachers from an elementary school in Hekou County found an "uninvited guest" who looked like a lizard on campus. After receiving the news, the staff of the Wildlife Protection Station of the County Forestry and Grassland Bureau quickly rushed to the scene, and it was identified as a national first-class protected animal, the round-nosed monitor lizard, and the staff immediately properly transferred and protected the round-nosed monitor lizard. Upon examination, the round-nosed monitor lizard had no obvious external injuries and was in good spirits. Subsequently, the staff took the round-nosed monitor lizard to a suitable nature reserve for release.
Round-nosed monitor lizard
The round-nosed monitor lizard is a national first-class protected wild animal in the mainland, belonging to the lizard order monitor reptiles, inhabiting near the streams in the mountains or coastal estuaries, mountain ponds, reservoirs and other places, mainly distributed in South Asia and Southeast Asia, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan and other places in the mainland. The round-nosed monitor lizard is generally 1 to 2 meters long and can weigh 20 to 30 kilograms, because of the yellow markings on its body, it is also known as the "five-clawed golden dragon", and its lifespan can reach 150 years.
Staff from the county forestry and grassland bureau are releasing round-nosed monitor lizards
A round-nosed monitor lizard that has been released
In the future, the Wildlife Protection Station of the County Forestry and Grassland Bureau will continue to strengthen the protection and monitoring of wild animals and plants, and also suggest that if the general public sees wild animals in the wild, please call the County Forestry and Grassland Bureau as soon as possible, so that the staff can deal with them, and work together to make greater contributions to maintaining ecological balance and biodiversity.
Correspondents: Yu Yongjie and Ping Yanmei of the County Forestry and Grassland Bureau