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Bengal Monitor at Wilpaththu park, Sri Lanka Our first spotting of a Bengal Monitor in Sri Lanka, one of a series of hundreds. They are abundant and easy to find, often heating up on the path or nearby rocks. Asia,Bengal monitor (Indian monitor),Sri Lanka,Varanus bengalensis,Wilpaththu Click/tap to enlarge

Bengal Monitor at Wilpaththu park, Sri Lanka

Our first spotting of a Bengal Monitor in Sri Lanka, one of a series of hundreds. They are abundant and easy to find, often heating up on the path or nearby rocks.

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    travismorhardt
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    They seem similar to the abundant iguanas I have seen in Mexico when visiting there on holiday. They would be on the sidewalks or rocks near a path sunning themselves, and never really seemed to mind anybody, until they were approached. Posted 10 years ago
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      Ferdy Christant
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      That exactly describes the behavior of this species as well. Posted 10 years ago

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The Bengal monitor (Indian monitor)

The Bengal monitor or common Indian monitor, is a monitor lizard found widely distributed over South Asia. This large lizard is mainly terrestrial, and grows to about 175 cm from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail. Young monitors may be more arboreal, but adults mainly hunt on the ground, preying mainly on arthropods, but also taking small terrestrial vertebrates, ground birds, eggs and fish.

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Similar species: Snakes And Lizards
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Nov 26, 2014. Captured Nov 5, 2014 07:44.
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  • NIKON D800
  • f/5.6
  • 1/400s
  • ISO320
  • 400mm