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Varanus bengalensis
Light brown / grey, with dark spots, making them look speckled. About 60cm in length ( without the tail). It was sunning itself in the tree. :-)
Yala National Park, Sri Lanka - 9.30 am Yala combines a strict nature reserve with a national park. Divided into 5 blocks, the park has a protected area of nearly 130,000 hectares of land consisting of light forests, scrubs, grasslands, tanks and lagoons. One block is currently opened to the public. Situated in Sri Lanka’s south-east hugging the panoramic Indian Ocean, Yala was designated a wildlife sanctuary in 1900 and was designated a national park in 1938. Ironically, the park was initially used as a hunting ground for the elite under British rule. Yala is home to 44 varieties of mammal and 215 bird species.
This was the second land monitor we bumped into in a tree, sitting in the sun warming up.
Spotted on Jan 1, 2015
Submitted on Jan 18, 2015
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