Komodo dragons, or more known as the komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) [1], is the world's largest lizard species that live on the islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, and Gili Dasami in Nusa Tenggara.[2] much of this by the natives of Komodo island is also referred to as local name ora.[3]Including members of the family Varanidae monitor lizards, and the clade Toxicofera, the komodo dragon is the largest lizard in the world, with an average length of 2-3 m large size is associated with symptoms of island Gigantism, i.e. the tendency of meraksasanya body of the animals that live on a small island linked to the absence of carnivorous mammals on the island of komodo, living place and metabolic rate of small ones.[4][5] Because of his body, these lizards occupy the top predator position mendominasiekosistem their place of living.[6]The Komodo dragon is discovered by Western scientists in 1910. Her body is great and terrible reputation make them popular in zoos. Komodo dragon in the wild Habitat has been shrinking due to human activities and therefore the IUCN include komodo as a species vulnerable to extinction. Large monitor lizard is protected under government regulation Indonesiadan a National Park, Komodo National Park, which was established to protect them.
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