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Bengal monitors are usually solitary and usually found on the ground, although the young are often seen on trees. Clouded monitors by contrast have a greater propensity for tree climbing. Bengal and yellow monitors are sympatric but are partially separated by their habitat as Bengal monitors prefers forest over agricultural areas. [15]
Injured Bengal monitor being nursed at the Lok Biradari Prakalp in India. Monitor lizards have become a staple in the reptile pet trade. The most commonly kept monitors are the savannah monitor and Ackie dwarf monitor, due to their relatively small size, low cost, and relatively calm dispositions with regular handling. [3]
[14] [15] [16] Perenties also eat smaller members of their own species; such is the case of a 2 m (6 ft 7 in) perentie killing and eating a 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) perentie. [17] Other lizard prey include central bearded dragons and long-nosed water dragons. Coastal and island individuals often eat a large number of sea turtle eggs and hatchlings ...
True monitors are characterized by their wide skulls and strong jaws, with the nostrils cranially positioned on the sides of their snout. Their teeth are curved, serrated and concealed by thick lips, making them invisible even if their mouths are open. Their tongues are forked like a snake's, which they use to pick up scent.
Eastern trinket snake; ... Indian egg-eating snake; ... Yellow monitor This page was last edited on 20 January 2018, at 22:16 (UTC). ...
Asian water monitor; ... Banded wolf snake; Bengal monitor; Black softshell turtle; Blue-lipped sea krait; Boiga multomaculata; ... Indian egg-eating snake;
Asian water monitor; B. Banded krait; Beauty rat snake; Bengal monitor; Big-headed turtle; Blue-lipped sea krait; Boiga multomaculata; ... Malayan snail-eating turtle;
Like the Komodo dragon, the water monitor will often eat carrion, [2] [17] or rotten flesh. By eating this decaying flesh, the lizard provides benefits to the ecosystem by removing infectious elements, cleaning the environment. [18] They have a keen sense of smell and can smell a carcass from far away.