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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RESEARCH NEEDS:

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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