A huge monitor lizard was caught on the wall of a family's kitchen.

Footage shows the 4ft-long lizard sticking to the concrete bricks of the room while an animal rescue volunteer tried to pull it off using a stick and dragged it out of the house in Satun province, Thailand on May 16. It was released back into the wild.

Asian water monitor lizards normally live in canals, swamps, sewers and ponds in cities in Thailand. They feed on fish, snakes, frogs and scraps of food left by humans.

The reptiles are aggressive when threatened and have a mildly venomous bite which sometimes carries harmful bacteria. The Godzilla-like reptiles are also a protected species in the country so their population thrives.