Varanus bengalensis ( Daudin, 1802 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3855.1.1 |
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Varanus bengalensis ( Daudin, 1802 ) |
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Varanus bengalensis ( Daudin, 1802)
HOLOTYPE. MNHN 2179 About MNHN .
TYPE LOCALITY. Bengal, India.
DISTRIBUTION. Southeast Asia from SE Iran through Pakistan, the Indian subcontinent including Sri Lanka and Indochina to the Malayan Peninsula and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 150 View FIGURES 146–151. 146 . Restricted to the southeasternmost part of the country to Hormozgan, Kerman, and Sistan and Baluchistan Prov .
HABITAT. Various types of habitats throughout the whole range, usually found near streams, rivers or water bodies; occurs also in cultivated areas, field margins, road ditches.
REFERENCES. Mertens (1959); Anderson (1999).
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