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Varanus bengalensis
Grey colour. No pattern on skin.
Crossing a busy road quite nonchalantly. Drivers in Sri Lanka are apparently used to Varanus crossings because traffic stops smoothly and continues when the animal has safely passed. This one crossed the road safely and climbed up the pile of rocks nearby.
We saw another species: V. salvator too. This one has a patterned skin. We encountered many such crossings and not once was an animal hurt. This is an interesting observation because in Munnar, Kerala, India the Forestry guys put up posters of a squashed Varanus to make drivers drive with caution. See here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/930... Both are locally abundant and of least concern.
Spotted on Jan 10, 2017
Submitted on Feb 8, 2017
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