The rather tiny lizard has found a comfortable home. Luckily, as it is high in the sky, it offers a bit of added protection. The lizard spends a lot of time in a hollow tube that attaches the light to a cement telephone pole. He can crawl in either direction and often pops his head out in the mornings to look around. He is growing larger, but the passage is still possible.
Often the baby ground monitor, gets out for a little exercise. He sometimes crawls all the way to the ground and hides along the wall in the garden plants and flower pots. Sometimes, he climbs all the way up to sit on the top of the pole. There is a tiny hole, even up there, where he can scoot if an especially unfriendly bird comes along.
Someday he'll leave his current abode. He will outgrow it. This tiny lizard will likely grow to be longer than a meter in length and weigh up to 10 kilograms.


