The Rock Monitor is a species of monitor lizard found in Africa, and is usually grey-brown with yellowish or white markings.
This monitor lizard, which has been identified by NParks as a non-native Rock Monitor, explores the balcony of an 11th storey Punggol home, after residents trapped it there.The lizard is a Rock Monitor, according to NParks, which is not native to Singapore.
“This is very likely a captive animal that either escaped or someone might have left it as they couldn’t take care of it,” he told CNA938’s Singapore Today. Mr Jeffrey Toh, the resident whose home the lizard roamed into, had suspicions from the onset that the reptile could have been a neighbour’s pet.
It is not uncommon to see wild animals in Punggol, with its waterway and forested areas. Monkeys, wild boars, snakes and monitor lizards can often be spotted in the neighbourhood and park connectors. “If it gets loose and bites kids along the corridor, kids may not have the antibodies to fight the venom. But for monitors in the wild, those are in nature and should be protected,” he said.
“They could be looking for food. Maybe one is wandering under a block and someone spooks it, and so it runs up the stairs,” he said.
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