A glimpse from the novel The Champion:

‘Look here. This is Snekatore.’ Sona said when both sisters had settled on the bed with mugs of coffee in their hands. ‘Its head possesses features of giant monitor lizard’, she indicated with pencil in her hand and said. ‘It can jet spit deadly venom up to thirty feet distance. It always spits in the eyes of its victim. The venom blinds the target instantly and kills it minutes later. Its spit, for victims at longer distances, resembles shooting air gun pellet more than squirting a jet stream. Snakatores have killed tigers at fifty feet distance. It is reputed not to miss its target. It would rather not shoot than miss. It stands on its hind legs, ten feet tall, to target victims at longer distances. Like nails of cat family, its legs retract in its body.  Then it can slither fast like a mighty king cobra. It has webbed fingers and wades through water. As it walks on the land, it raises its tail. The rattles at the end of the tail produce the most dreaded jingle of the jungle. And when it moves … … … … …’

‘You are talking all gibberish, Baby,’ Rupa interrupted.