Large lizard is rescued after it’s found buried in Rhode Island snow

Large lizard is rescued after it’s found buried in Rhode Island snow

A Rhode Island man digging out his driveway this past week discovered a large lizard thousands of miles from its natural habitat buried in nearly 20 inches of snow, leaving the animal weakened but on a slow path to recovery. The lizard, a tegu, which is found in South America, was suffering from frostbite to its tongue and “showed signs of significant muscle weakness after prolonged exposure to the cold,” the New England Wildlife Center, an orga…