Bengal monitor

Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis), also known as the Indian monitor, is a monitor lizard found throughout Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, And Sri Lanka. It measures up to 75 cm in body length with the tail about 100 cm in length. It feeds on small terrestrial vertebrates, ground birds and their eggs, arthropods and fish.

Bengal monitor
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertilia
Family:	Varanidae
Genus:	Varanus
Subgenus:	V. (Empagusia)
Species:	V. bengalensis
Binomial name
Varanus bengalensis (Daudin, 1802)
Synonyms
Tupinambis bengalensis