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Rough-necked
Monitor, a
kind of
monitor lizard
of the genus Varanus rudicollis, in Thai known as
hao chang, literally ‘barking
elephant’. It generally grows to a length of about 140 cm and has enlarged,
keeled scales around the neck, which gave this species its common name. It
is a tree climber and lives in
mangrove forests, as well as in
primary and secondary rainforests, where it
feeds on birds, fish, frogs, carrion and insects.
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