Komodo Dragon - the largest lizard species, of the monitor lizard family Varanidae. It occurs on Komodo Island and a few neighbouring islands of the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. Almost extinct because of collectors, the lizard is now protected.

The reptile grows to 10 feet in length, attains a weight of about 300 pounds, and may live to an age of about 100 years.

Komodo Dragon. Encyclopędia Britannica. Retrieved May 18, 2005