Two-metre-long chameleon captured in Kalasin

[heionus heretic]

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Two-metre-long-chameleon-captured-in-Kalasin-30249598.html

hmm dont tell anyone but i got the abominable snowman locked up in my bathroom. he dont eat much. picture? what's that!

[heionus heretic]

The Meller's chameleon is the largest of the chameleons not native to Madagascar. Their stout bodies can grow to be up to two feet (two-thirds of a meter) long and weigh more than a pound (one-half kilogram).

ref http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/mellers-chameleon/

so who do you believe, nation without a picture, or national geographic?

nation of course this is junta land and nation cant lie

[canuckamuck]

Many Thais appear allergic to science, or apparently even Google.

[isanbirder]

Monitor lizard.... it's the only thing near that size which could occur here.

[cornishcarlos]

2m long and only 8kg... !

BS

[AyG]

The largest species of chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti) only grows to 70 cm, so whatever this creature is, it's not a chameleon (or its length has been measured in penis inches).

[tormok]

There's a photo of the Iguana on Bangkok Post.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/multimedia/photo/449041/a-day-in-photos

A Danish man finds a giant iguana in a roadside forest in Kalasin as he and his Thai wife ride a motorcycle to a fresh market Thursday morning. The lizard is two metres in length and weighs eight kilogrammes.

[harrry]

Arroy

[isanbirder]

It does appear to be an iguana (a water monitor, which I suggested rather confidently before I saw the picture, does not have the frill along the back).

I wonder where it escaped from (iguanas are native to South and Central America and the Caribbean).

[canuckamuck]

I've seen a few couple of Iguanas out and about. I saw a pretty big one in Chonburi once, But I agree it would have been an escapee.

[jpinx]

Check the local Zoos to see if they have had a break-out? Does it not have an ankle bracelet?

[isanbirder]

I see someone has caught a wallaby just outside Bangkok. How cosmopolitan the fauna is becoming!