Possible Clues:

• Elizabeth is on a street in zoo
• No newts in Switzerland - monitor that, it's beastly!
• What '-saur' means
• Island zoo initially invested in fat reptile
• Iguana or gecko, eg
• Perhaps monitor student magician removing head
• Cornish peninsula
• Man who lounges in hotels and bars looking for women to support him
• Habitual sunbather in Cornish coastal area
• Medic with a Soviet limo climbing SW point