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Bengal Monitor at Wasgamuwa, Sri Lanka A universal spotting in all of Sri Lanka's national parks: bengal monitors using the dirt paths to heat up. They will notice you from far away but only move out of the way at the very last moment, just to make a point. Asia,Bengal monitor (Indian monitor),Sri Lanka,Varanus bengalensis,Wasgamuwa Click/tap to enlarge

Bengal Monitor at Wasgamuwa, Sri Lanka

A universal spotting in all of Sri Lanka's national parks: bengal monitors using the dirt paths to heat up. They will notice you from far away but only move out of the way at the very last moment, just to make a point.

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  1. The point being "I don't have to move for you if I don't feel like it, but I am in a generous mood today so I will move just this once...and because if I don't I will become one with your jeep tire." Posted 10 years ago
    1. Something like that for sure :) Posted 10 years ago
  2. You have uploaded a lot of beautiful photos from Sri Lanka, Ferdy! They are really great!
    I am quite surprised you do not geotag them. I see, you have put in the description the place the photos have been taken, but somehow I miss the map in the lower right corner...! And all the related info...
    Posted 10 years ago
    1. That's a very good point, yet I can explain it. My GPS device failed in Sri Lanka, therefore none of my shots from the entire trip recorded the coordinates.

      And it gets worse, back home I was investigating the issue and thinking of replacing the unit when I discovered the issue was actually in the way I plugged it in. In my defense, it has a very weird connector that goes in very deep and has to be exactly right to work. I thought I did it right and it still looked dead to me during the trip.

      A simple reconnect would have fixed it, but it's too late now :( Quite a missed opportunity.
      Posted 10 years ago

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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.

Similar species: Snakes And Lizards
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Feb 7, 2015. Captured Nov 9, 2014 14:25.
  • NIKON D800
  • f/5.3
  • 1/400s
  • ISO160
  • 220mm