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A 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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