South Wales Police have announced the search for a 5ft pet lizard that had escaped from King Edwards Road in Swansea is over.

The reptile was not being considered as dangerous, but police said the owner was concerned for its welfare.

The pet made a bid for freedom from its owner’s garden in the central student area Brynmill, around 16.30 on Saturday 17th August.

It was located on Monday after extensive national media coverage about a mile from the property and has now been reunited with the owner.

The Tupinambis, or Tegus lizard had been described as having black and white scales and short legs, with a puffy neck.

It’s not the first time Swansea has seen stray reptiles. A snake was discovered in a kitchen drawer of a flat in the Marina area last August, where it was thought to have belonged to the previous occupants who moved back to Saudi Arabia.