The Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis), also called the Indian monitor, is a monitor lizard distributed widely in the Indian Subcontinent, as well as parts of Southeast Asia and West Asia. This large lizard is mainly a terrestrial animal, and its length ranges from about 61 to 175 cm (24 to 69 in) from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail. Young monitors may be more arboreal, but adults mainly hunt on the ground, preying mainly on arthropods, but also taking small terrestrial vertebrates, ground birds, eggs and fish. Although large Bengal monitors have few predators apart from humans who hunt them for meat, younger individuals are hunted by many predators.
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The Bengalmonitor (Varanus bengalensis), also called the Indian monitor, is a monitor lizard distributed widely in the Indian Subcontinent, as well as...
bengalensis, Bengalmonitor V. dumerilii, Dumeril's monitor, brown roughneck monitor V. flavescens, golden monitor, yellow monitor, short-toed monitor V. nebulosus...
belongs to the subgenus Empagusia along with the Bengalmonitor, the Dumeril's monitor and other monitor lizards. It had previously been listed as a subspecies...
needed] V. s. macromaculatus, the Southeast Asian water monitor, occurs from Bihar, West Bengal to Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Meghalaya through...
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country, ranging from pit vipers to monitor lizards. Some of the more prominent examples include the Bengalmonitor, Gloydius himalayanus (a pit viper)...
The emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus) or green tree monitor, is a small to medium-sized arboreal monitor lizard. It is known for its unusual coloration...
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the earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus). Varanus includes the Komodo dragon (the largest living lizard), crocodile monitor, savannah monitor, the goannas...
The mangrove monitor, mangrove goanna, or Western Pacific monitor lizard (Varanus indicus) is a member of the monitor lizard family with a large distribution...
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living fossils. Although the Gila monster appears closely related to the monitor lizards (varanids) of Africa, Asia, and Australia, their wide geographical...
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mucrosquamatus). Other reptiles include two monitor lizards, the Bengalmonitor (Varanus bengalensis) and Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator). The Siamese crocodile...
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pp. 15–16. ISBN 978-0-7614-1580-0. Auffenberg, Walter (1994). The BengalMonitor. University Press of Florida. p. 494. ISBN 978-0-8130-1295-7. Tresidder...
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