What is Bengal monitor?
{{Taxobox |status = LC | status_system = iucn3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN2013.1|id=164579|title=Varanus bengalensis|assessors=Papenfuss, T., Shafiei Bafti, S., Sharifi, M., Bennett, D. & Sweet, S.S.|downloaded=26 May 2014|year=2010}}</ref> | name = Bengal monitor (Indian monitor) | image = SL Bundala NP asv2020-01 img22.jpg | image_caption = Bengal monitor lizard | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Reptilia]] | ordo = [[Squamata]] | subordo = [[Lacertilia]] | familia = [[Varanidae]] | genus = ''[[Varanus]]'' | subgenus = ''V. (Empagusia)'' | species = '''''V. bengalensis''''' | binomial = ''Varanus bengalensis'' | binomial_authority = ([[Daudin]], 1802) | synonyms = ''Tupinambis bengalensis'' }} '''Bengal monitor''' (''Varanus bengalensis''), also known as the '''common Indian monitor''', is a [[monitor lizard]] found throughout [[Bangladesh]], [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. It measures up to 75&nbsp;cm in body length with the tail about 100&nbsp;cm in length. It feeds on small terrestrial vertebrates, ground birds and their eggs, arthropods and fish. ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Monitor lizards]] [[Category:Reptiles of Pakistan]] [[Category:Reptiles of Asia]]