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Sizable water monitor This rather big specimen of a water monitor lizard was encountered in Yala National Park Asia,Geotagged,Lizard,Sri Lanka,Summer,Varanus salvator,Water Monitor,Yala National Park Click/tap to enlarge

Sizable water monitor

This rather big specimen of a water monitor lizard was encountered in Yala National Park

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The Asian water monitor, also called common water monitor, is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most common monitor lizards in Asia, ranging from Sri Lanka and coastal northeast India to Indochina, Malay Peninsula, and Indonesian islands where it lives close to water.

Similar species: Snakes And Lizards
Species identified by travismorhardt
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Uploaded Feb 1, 2015. Captured Jul 17, 2013 05:36 in Yala National Park, Kirinda-Palatupana-Yala Road, Sri Lanka.
  • Canon EOS 7D
  • f/11.0
  • 1/320s
  • ISO400
  • 259mm