Park observing lizard day

THE Port Moresby Nature Park has hand-raised, rehabilitated and saved hundreds of native animals such as blue-tongued lizards over the past eight years.
The park is preparing to observe World Lizard Day on Saturday and The National is one of its sponsors.
It said that its rescue and rehabilitation programme secured the welfare and conservation of animals that had been endangered or threatened and could no longer thrive in their environment.
“Papua New Guinea is home to the world’s longest lizard, the Varanus Salvadorii, commonly referred to as the ‘crocodile monitor’, which can grow as long as 3.6 meters in length,” the park said.