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!

Edited December 11, 201411 yr by 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

Edited December 11, 201411 yr by heionus heretic

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

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

2m long and only 8kg... !

BS

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).

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.

Arroy

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).

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.

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

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