Varanus bengalensis

Bengal monitor

 

DISTRIBUTION: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (also see Auliya & Koch 2020)

RED LIST STATUS: Near Threatened (NT) in 2018

CITES: Appendix I

NATIONAL PROTECTION:

Iran:

THREATS:

Iran:

RESEARCH NEEDS:

Iran:

CURRENT PROJECTS:

Iran:

Subadult Varanus bengalensis, Baluchestan, Iran, Islamic Republic of © Asghar Mobaraki

Adult wild Varanus bengalensis, Baluchestan, southeastern Iran, Islamic Republic of © Asghar Mobaraki

Varanus bengalensis, ……. Iran, Islamic Republic of © name of photographer