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
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Adult Varanus bengalensis, Sri Lanka © Jordi Janssen
Juvenile Varanus bengalensis, Hyderabad, India © Ranju Islam
Adult Varanus bengalensis, Tambuttegama, Sri Lanka © Mark O’Shea
Adult Varanus bengalensis, Tambuttegama, Sri Lanka © Mark O’Shea