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:

India. – Listed in Schedule 1, Part II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act of India, 1972

Pakistan. – All wildlife is protected in Pakistan, for e.g., the Sindh Wildlife Protection Ordinance, 1972 is relevant; it extends to the whole of the Province of Sindh; nothing hereinafter provided shall be deemed to authorize any person to hunt in the reserved or protected forests or on any person’s private property without permission.

THREATS:

India. – Roadkills appear common in forested areas in Bihar;  on a single day three roadkils were recorded in Rajgir (Kumar, pers. comm.).

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