Komodo Dragon
They are the biggest lizards.
They live on a just few islands in Indonesia.
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Komodo dragons are the largest lizards in the world. Young komodo dragons have green bands around their bodies that disappear with age. Adult komodo dragons have dull gray, leathery skin with occasional spots of red.
Komodo dragons - Varanus komodoensis
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Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) are the largest of all lizards.
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Lizard - a reptile of the order Squamata, which also includes the snake.
KOMODO DRAGON
At 10 feet in length, the Komodo dragon is the largest true lizard that has ever lived on land. It is the top predator on the small islands on which it lives.
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Type: Reptile Diet: Carnivore Average life span in the wild: 30 years+ Size: 10 ft (3 m) Weight: 330 lbs (150 kg) Protection status: Endangered Did you know?
Komodo dragons are found mainly on the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rintja, Padar and Flores.
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The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the largest living lizard in the world, growing to an average length of 2-3 meters (10 feet). In the wild large adults tend to weigh around 70kg (154 pounds).
The adult Komodo dragon is mostly green, gray, or black with white or yellow patches. This coloring helps it to be camouflaged in its environment.
It is the world's largest lizard, out of over 3,000 lizard species.
Komodo dragons are found exclusively in Indonesia, on the islands of Komodo, Flores, and Rinca and on several islands of the Lesser Sunda archipelago.
Komodo dragons are found on only four islands in Indonesia with a total area approximately the size of Rhode Island!
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After hatching, the young immediately climb trees to avoid being eaten by their cannibalistic elders.
One of the ways Komodo dragons kill very large prey is by lying in ambush and taking out big bites as the prey animals go by.
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Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the largest lizard in the world, and with its ancient appearance and evocative name, the Komodo... More 27 Images 9 Videos ...
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Class: Reptilia
Status: IUCN: Vulnerable; CITES: Appendix I.
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Komodo dragons are the largest lizards in the world. Their unusual size has evolved as the result of needing less food (a low metabolism) and not having to compete with other carnivores on their island habitat.
Komodo dragons sleep headfirst in large burrows. It is a very, very, very bad idea to even think of pulling its tail.
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The Komodo dragon's energy-efficient hunting strategy revealed.
Water buffalo are big animals but Komodo dragons are the biggest venomous animals on the planet, as well as the most patient.
The Komodo dragon's powerful claws are capable of ripping caging apart if the construction is anything other than steel or concrete. Just the soaking pool required for the Komodo dragon is larger than most cages in the private sector.
The Komodo dragon has been known to kill people due to its size.[18] The two known venomous species of lizard, the Gila monster and Mexican beaded lizard have never caused a human death by envenomation.
(That's a lot of lizards!) They range in size from the 0.6 inch dwarf gecko discovered in 2001 on an island in the Caribbean, to the giant Komodo dragon from the Indonesian island of Komodo that can reach 10 feet in length and weigh up to 200 pounds.
Family group: Previously single sex groups of 25-1,500 animals.
Diet: Primarily grasses, also leaves.
Main Predators: Dhole, python, crocodile, Komodo dragon.
 See also: Lizard, Reptile, Snake, Alligator, Leopard
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