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Bengal Monitor (Varanus bengalensis)

Bengal Monitor

Varanus bengalensis

Class
Reptile
Rarity
Rare
Observations
3,041
Most observed in
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Conservation
Near Threatened

Description

The Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis), also called Indian monitor, is a species of monitor lizard distributed widely in the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia and West Asia.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Bengal monitor”.

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