Komodo dragon, or a more lizard called the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis ), is the world's largest lizard species that live on the island of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, and Gili Dasami in Nusa Tenggara. by the natives of this Lizard Komodo island is also called by local names ora.

Including family members Varanidae lizards, and Toxicofera klad, Komodo dragons are the largest lizards in the world, with an average length of 2-3 m. Large size is associated with symptoms of island gigantism, the tendency for body meraksasanya certain animals that live in a small island linked to the absence of mammalian carnivores on the island where dragons live, and the rate of metabolism of small dragons. Due to large body, these lizards occupy the dominant position of an apex predator ecosystem where she lived.

Komodo discovered by western researchers in 1910. He was a great and terrible reputation makes them popular in zoos. Dragons in the wild habitat has been shrinking due to human activities and therefore the IUCN include dragons as a species vulnerable to extinction. This large lizard is now protected under the Indonesian government regulations and a national park, namely Komodo National Park, established to protect them.

Komodo dragons are now included in the candidates for the position of 7 wonders of the world.
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