Bengal monitor
| Bengal monitor | |
|---|---|
| In Maharashtra, India | |
CITES Appendix I
| |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Anguimorpha |
| 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 Indian monitor, is a species of monitor lizard distributed widely in the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia and West Asia.