A hapless monitor lizard has to be rescued after getting stuck in railings. <br /><br />The 5ft-long reptile had been hunting in undergrowth in Chachoengsao, Thailand, on Monday night when it tried to crawl through the metal bars. <br /><br />But after poking through its head the monitor lizard quickly discovered its body was too fat - and found itself wedged between the railings as local children looked on. <br /><br />Resident Ploy Sato, 16, said: ‘’There are a lot of monitor lizards in the water but this is the first time we have seen one stuck in the metal bars. <br /><br />‘’I think that it had been catching too much food. Now it was too fat to get back into the pond.’'<br /><br />Chachoengsao Rescue Team arrived at 5.30pm local time and used hydraulic pliers to free the creature which ran out causing nearby children to scream.<br /><br />The lizard slid back into the pond and swam away. <br /><br />Rescues said they would leave the railings bent out of shape so the lizard could come and go freely in the future.
