Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran Author Šmíd, Jiří Author Moravec, Jiří Author Kodym, Petr Author Kratochvíl, Lukáš Author Yousefkhani, Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian Author Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar jirismd@gmail.com. Author Frynta, Daniel text Zootaxa 2014 2014-08-20 3855 1 1 97 journal article 4341 10.11646/zootaxa.3855.1.1 1f4f2c28-d4fa-487a-bf83-988cc35518ea 1175-5326 4929701 0E2D2B7C-7A96-4CAB-87F2-87A785F88D7F Varanus bengalensis ( Daudin, 1802 ) HOLOTYPE . MNHN 2179 . 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 . 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) .