Water Monitor Lizard in the highly endangered Sundarbans mangrove
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Monitor Lizard negotiates Sunderkhali River which means beautiful creek marshes and swamps of the Sundarbans.
A monitor lizard has the ability to speed till 15 km at a stretch.
The unique ecosystem of the Sundarbans is home to various species of animals, birds, fishes and reptiles. One such species, monitor lizard, roams the Sundarbans marshes and swamps blending perfectly with the exposed roots of the Mangrove forest.
Walking through the wetland searching for food in the form of fish, eggs or other mammals, however, here it is searching for eggs as it keeps looking through holes or burrows in the forest.
The transition zone between Asia's landmass and its bordering oceans creates unpredictable and unique ecosystems.
Water monitors, one of the world's largest lizard, are common throughout the coastal areas of Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Sunderbans, an area of the delta of the Ganges River in India and Bangladesh.
Monitors can grow to 3 meters (10 feet), and blend in with the perfectly exposed roots of the Sunderbans' mangrove trees.
Source: nationalgeographic
A monitor lizard has the ability to speed till 15 km at a stretch.
The unique ecosystem of the Sundarbans is home to various species of animals, birds, fishes and reptiles. One such species, monitor lizard, roams the Sundarbans marshes and swamps blending perfectly with the exposed roots of the Mangrove forest.
Walking through the wetland searching for food in the form of fish, eggs or other mammals, however, here it is searching for eggs as it keeps looking through holes or burrows in the forest.
The transition zone between Asia's landmass and its bordering oceans creates unpredictable and unique ecosystems.
Water monitors, one of the world's largest lizard, are common throughout the coastal areas of Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Sunderbans, an area of the delta of the Ganges River in India and Bangladesh.
Monitors can grow to 3 meters (10 feet), and blend in with the perfectly exposed roots of the Sunderbans' mangrove trees.
Source: nationalgeographic