Andaman Water Monitor

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Andaman Water Monitor, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Union of India.

The 'Andaman Water monitor{} (Varanus salvator andamanensis){} is a large lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. Water monitors are one of the most common monitor lizards found throughout Asia, and range from Sri Lanka and India to Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, and various islands of Indonesia, living in areas close to water.

The species can survive where other large carnivores cannot, as they are cold-blooded (hence efficient). The species is known as Malayan water monitor, Asian water monitor, common water monitor, two-banded monitor, and as rice lizard, ring lizard, plain lizard and no-mark lizard, as well as simply "Water monitor".

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