Road traffic & persecution.

Not much is known about the impact on species thinned out of a population by road traffic and intentional persecution.

Adult Varanus griseus injured by man, ……, May 2013 © M. Kulemin

Adult Varanus griseus found dead (killed by car), Kyzylkum desert, Turkestan region, Kazakhstan, May 2016 © Yulia Zima

Adult Varanus togianus, roadkill, Selayar Isl., off the coast of southern Sulawesi © André Koch

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

Adult Varanus cerambonensis, roadkill, Ambon Isl., Indonesia © Trobisch