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A four-foot-long crocodile monitor, a lizard that can grow to eight feet long, was discovered sunning itself on a hedge in the backyard of a Riverside, California home, thousands of miles from its native land. (J. Craig Williams via AP)

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A lizard that can grow to be 8 feet long has been found in Southern California, thousands of miles from its native land, and authorities think it’s a pet gone astray.

By Associated Press November 5, 2017