Bengal monitor
Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis), also known as the Indian monitor, is a monitor lizard found throughout Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, And Sri Lanka. 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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| Subgenus: | V. (Empagusia)
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| Species: | V. bengalensis
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| Varanus bengalensis (Daudin, 1802)
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Bengal Monitor Media
Bengal monitor in Sri Lanka
Adult Bengal monitor in Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka
Being eaten by an Indian python, in Sri Lanka
Bengal monitor climbing a tree
cunning egg eater
Injured Bengal monitor being nursed at the Lok Biradari Prakalp in India
Comparison to Asian 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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