The lizards can grow to be up to 7 feet long.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 7-foot ornate Nile monitor, a type of lizard, climbs the window inside an abandoned Alameda home. Photo: Alameda police ALAMEDA, ...

Former tenants left a 7-foot lizard, called an ornate Niles monitor, behind in their home, Alameda police announced on Monday.

BERKELEY, Calif. | Scientists in California have discovered four new and separate species of legless lizards — snakelike animals that burrow into sand or soil.

A huge pet lizard was found left behind in a recently vacated home, Alameda police said. The initial call said the animal was ...