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Common Indian Monitor Lizard

Varanus bengalensis

Notes:

Was basking in the sun on a huge fallen tree trunk.

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3 Comments

AnjaliAnantharam
AnjaliAnantharam 12 years ago

Thanks Ctsetan, Satyan... I have seen smaller ones but in this place..I got to see some real big ones...

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Lovely pic. They usually are spotted in the morning, basking.

ChimeTsetan
ChimeTsetan 12 years ago

wow, this one seems well fed..... the ones which i see around here are lean and mean (they don't let me take their pics).
good pic.

AnjaliAnantharam
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AnjaliAnantharam

Shimoga, Karnataka, India

Spotted on Dec 22, 2010
Submitted on Nov 22, 2011

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