re: #19 ProTARDISLiberal

Wikipedia’s summary on the distribution of these animals.

The various species of Varanus cover a vast area, occurring through Africa, the Indian subcontinent from Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka to China, down Southeast Asia to Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia and islands of the Indian Ocean, and South China Sea. There is also a large concentration of monitor lizards in Tioman Island in the Malaysian state of Pahang.

You will notice that they are found in the Tropical-Subtropical regions of the Old World.

Connecticut is in a Temperate Maritime region of the New World.

No where near each other.