African lizard captured in Chicago suburb
July 16, 2009 4:10:00 am
- Associated Press
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. — Libertyville's most-wanted lizard has finally been captured.
College of Lake County Professor of Biology Mike Corn caught the two-foot-long African savannah monitor Wednesday at the residence of Jim and Betty Moran after they saw it sunning itself on their patio.
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Corn said the lizard appeared very tame, and had undoubtedly been someone's pet.
Although a variety of baited traps had been set for several weeks to catch the lizard, Corn said it apparently preferred a wild diet of mice and chipmunks.
After capture, the lizard was taken to the College of Lake County, where it will be cared for and displayed for biology classes.
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Information from Daily Herald
(AP/Daily Herald, Paul Valade)
College of Lake County professor Mike Corn holds a two-foot African savannah monitor after it was captured outside a home in Libertyville, Ill.
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