The Life of Animals | Komodo dragon | Komodo dragon, or a full-called Komodo dragons (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. Lizard by the natives of Komodo island is also called by local names ora. Including family members Varanidae monitor lizards, and Toxicofera klad, 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 certain animals that live on a small island linked to the absence of mammalian carnivores on the island where dragons live, and the metabolic rate of small dragons.
