Wayne--

Fortunately, have not heard of monitors nearby, not sure where they are.

Problem with all these critters are smartasses bring them into the country, legally or not, and sometimes let them go deliberately.

Don't know why officials allow stuff to be brought in that is not beneficial. Might be something about "rights."

Also do not know of any successful elimination of an exotic that has been put out.

The rock lizards seem to go up and down in population around here, with heavy rains and cold snaps apparently killing off their numbers.

Yes--I have read someplace that the pythons have been located as far north as Jacksonville. If they can adapt to the cold, there are lots of swamps and rivers in Georgia and South Carolina.

By the way--heard that a couple of dogs that mouthed a cold iguana during the recent cold got sick with botulism, one died and the other has chronic problems.

Larry