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Airport staff were stunned when they discovered a rare lizard scurrying around the baggage terminal. The juvenile monitor lizard, known as Varanus Bengalensis, which was found by staff in the of ...
The documented interaction was striking. The larger Varanus salvator—estimated at 200 cm in length—initiated an aggressive wrestling match with a smaller Varanus bengalensis Tala goya (about 120 cm in ...
The juvenile monitor lizard, known as Varanus Bengalensis, which was found by staff in the of Terminal 4's baggage sorting area last week at Heathrow Airport.
Listed as the Schedule-1 species in the Wildlife (Protection) Act-1972, Varanus Bengalensis, one of the varieties of the Varanus, is the most sighted Varanus across the Southern India.
Clouded monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis nebulosus) in Lao PDR. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Water monitor on Sapi Island in Malaysia. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler.
While Bengal monitor lizards (Varanus bengalensis) are listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List, global trade is banned by CITES and the species are protected in Thailand.
PARVATHIPURAM-MANYAM: Forest officials in Parvathipuram-Manyam district have arrested two individuals, including a YouTuber and a junior lineman, for allegedly killing and consuming an Indian ...
In India, the monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis) is a protected species under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, indicating that they are highly endangered and strictly protected.
The poaching had occurred in Balehonnur range of Koppa Territorial division of Chikkamagaluru. Chikkamagaluru: Two of the four youth who posted photographs of hunting a Monitor Lizard (Varanus ...
The DNA report is positive stating that large Bengal Monitor Lizard (Varanus Bengalensis), listed in Part II of Schedule of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, was consumed.