article_snippet: : Police found 16 monitor lizards - which are illegal to keep as pets and considered dangerous, especially around children, inside a squalid apartment in New Castle - Delaware, during a search for drugs .
article_snippet: The dangerous animals were identified as monitor lizards, which can grow up to six feet long.
article_snippet: Monitor lizards are considered extremely dangerous, especially around children, according to 6abc Action News.
article_snippet: Monitor lizards are illegal to own and are considered an exotic species, police said.
article_snippet: Monitor lizards were taken to a reptile rescue in New Jersey.
article_snippet: Monitor lizards are native to Africa, Asia and Oceania, but are now found also in the Americas as invasive species.
highlights_snippet: Monitor lizards grow to six feet and are considered dangerous .
  