now a days big monitor lizards haunting my area.
I'd like to get one as my pet but ppl says catching a monitor lizard will be offense as it is wild animal.BTW,they are huge(more than 1 meter i suppose) and locally called as in malayalam- "Udumbu"(not Ubuntu) or udumu(telegu/kannad) or ghorpaad(hindi?)
yes,they are related to komodo dragons as they too are monitor lizards only.they climbs trees and there around 6-7 BIG ones in the non occupied land behind my house its like a forest!
it eats birds and all!once in the road while we are going to town a big lizard crossed the road without any fear.i am panicked at first!
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monitor_lizard
*upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Varanus_benghalensis.jpg
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_monitor
^looks somewhat like this.
see exact look:
*outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2545968840061704310ysyGUu
*thumb10.webshots.net/t/57/157/3/88/90/2669388900061704310CdJcOs_th.jpg