Bengal monitor

Bengal monitor
Mangaon, Maharashtra, India
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Empagusia
Species:
V. bengalensis
Binomial name
Varanus bengalensis
(Daudin, 1802)
Synonyms

Tupinambis bengalensis

The Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis), also called the Indian monitor, is a species of monitor lizard distributed widely in the Indian subcontinent, as well as parts of Southeast Asia and West Asia.

  1. ^ a b Cota, M.; Stuart, B.L.; Grismer, L.; Quah, E.; Panitvong, N.; Neang, T.; Nguyen, N.S.; Wogan, G.; Lwin, K.; Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Vijayakumar, S.P.; Ramesh, M.; Ganesan, S.R.; Madala, M.; Sreekar, R.; Rao, D.-Q.; Thakur, S.; Mohapatra, P. & Vyas, R. (2021). "Varanus bengalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T164579A1058949. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T164579A1058949.en. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

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