Bengal monitor
Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis), also known as the common Indian monitor, is a monitor lizard found throughout Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. It measures up to 75 cm in body length with the tail about 100 cm in length. It feeds on small terrestrial vertebrates, ground birds and their eggs, arthropods and fish.
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| Bengal monitor lizard | |
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| Subgenus: | V. (Empagusia)
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| Species: | V. bengalensis
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| Varanus bengalensis (Daudin, 1802)
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Tupinambis bengalensis | |
Bengal Monitor Media
Juveniles are patterned and more colourful
Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensi) at Anawilundawa Bird Sanctuary - Sri Lanka, The sizable reptile uses its forked tongue to "smell" its surroundings. It will flick its tongue repeatedly in order to track prey and detect other monitor lizards.
cunning egg eater
Varanus bengalensis im Yala National-Park
Comparison to water monitor (Varanus salvator)
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References
- ↑ Papenfuss, T., Shafiei Bafti, S., Sharifi, M., Bennett, D. & Sweet, S.S. (2010). "Varanus bengalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
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