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Bengal monitor
Species of lizard / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Asian water monitor.
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.
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Bengal monitor | |
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Mangaon, Maharashtra, India | |
Scientific 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 |
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