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Animal profile · Southeast Asian Jungle

🦎Komodo Dragon

Varanus komodoensis

Patrols hot, dry islands of Indonesia, basking on rocky ground.

DietCarnivore

SizeUp to 90 kg

Lifespan30 years

ConservationEndangered

Good to know

The largest lizard alive today.
Its bite is venomous.
It can smell carrion from kilometres away with its tongue.

Where the Komodo Dragon lives

Lush tropical rainforest, big rivers and tangled mangrove coasts. Hot and steamy with monsoon downpours.

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