Komodo Island Home of the Giant Lizard

Komodo National Park includes Komodo island and the neighbouring islands of Padar and Rinca and Flores. Komodo Island is far and away the home to the famous Komodo dragon(varanus komodoensis), the giant monitor lizard and perhaps the only living cousin of the dinosaur. The locals know them as ORA. They are thought to have swum from Africa and Asia during the age of the dinosaurs. These few islands ...

Komodo

 Kerajaan: Animalia  Filum: Chordata  Kelas: Reptilia  Ordo: Squamata  Upaordo: Autarchoglossa  Famili: Varanidae  Genus: Varanus  Spesies: Varanus. komodoensis Komodo, atau yang selengkapnya disebut biawak komodo (Varanus komodoensis), adalah spesies kadal terbesar di dunia yang hidup di pulau Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, dan Gili...

Komodo sees immediate gains from its New7Wonders of Nature status

The Komodo dragon is the world's largest lizard, and can grow to three metres long. On the small Eastern Indonesian islands where it is found, the dragons can kill animals far larger than themselves, including water buffalo, pigs and Timor deer. The evolutionary development of the carnivorous lizards began with the Varanus genus, which originated in Asia about 40 million years ago. Following its successful campaign to be elected as one of...