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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.
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]
The genus Varanus is believed to have originated in South Asia in the Miocene epoch around 20 million years ago, and the anatomy of its earliest members are thought to resemble today's Indian group, which includes modern Yellow monitors (subgenus Empagusia) like the Bengal monitor.
Perenties can grow to lengths of 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) and weigh up to 20 kg (44 lb), possibly up to 3 m (9 ft 10 in) and 40 kg (88 lb), making it the fourth-largest extant species of lizard (exceeded in size only by the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor and crocodile monitor).
Family: Varanidae Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis) Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis) Yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens) Suborder: Anguimorpha.
The park also contains Bengal monitor and water monitor populations. The park is home to the rare monocled cobra, and three of the Big Four - Indian cobra, Russell's viper, and common krait. In all, Kaziranga is home to 15 species of turtles, including the endemic Assam roofed turtle, and to one species of tortoise - the brown tortoise.
Varanoidea is a superfamily of lizards, including the well-known family Varanidae (the monitors and goannas). Also included in the Varanoidea are the Lanthanotidae (earless monitor lizards), and the extinct Palaeovaranidae. Throughout their long evolutionary history, varanoids have exhibited great diversity, both in habitat and form.
Both Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis) and yellow monitor (V. flavescens) have frequently been observed in the national park's buffer zone. Venomous snakes are represented by king cobra ( Ophiophagus hannah ), Indian cobra ( Naja naja ) and monocled cobra ( N. kaouthia ), Russell's viper ( Daboia russelii ), common krait ( Bungarus caeruleus ...