KOMODO DRAGON
King of the Lizards
By: EA
INTRODUCTION
• Name is Komodo Dragon
• It is in the Monitor/Ora
family
• It is a reptile
• Scales protect dragon
• Lives up to 50 years old in
the wild
• Only about 500 Komodo
Dragons left
Physical Features
• It looks like a mini dragon
• Scale instead of skin
• Scales are bumpy
• Eyes on the side of their
head
• Holes on the side of their
head are ears
• Two small holes on the
dragons snout are nostrils
HABITAT
• Komodo
Island is near
Indonesia
• Forest
• 22 miles long
• 12 miles wide
• One of the
biggest islands
near
Indonesia
CLIMATE and LANDFORMS
100 degrees to 110
degrees
Some mountain ranges
Little rain fall
Lots of streams
It is covered in volcanoes
It has earthquakes
sometimes
PREY AND PREDATOR
It is a carnivore
Sits and waits for its prey
When prey comes they
pounce on it
It eats from the sizes of a
hand to buffalo
They are prey of human and
other dragons
Komodo Dragons have no
enemies—they have no
predadores
BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS
Stick tongues out to smell
Sit in their burrow most of
day which helps them stay
cool
Run up to 8 mph which helps
them catch their prey
When needing heat it sits in
the sun
When needing to cool off it
sits in the shade
Sleeps in its burrow so that it
stays protected.
BABIES
• Hatch from eggs
• 10 to 27 eggs
• 18 monthes to
hatch
• Egg is big as
baseball
• Soft shell
• 16 inches when
they hatch
PHYSICAL ADAPTATION
• Baby has spots for
camouflage
• Dark color soaks up
sun so they don’t get
overheated
• The long tongue helps
them smell prey
• Claws help them
grasp their prey
• Eyes on the side of
their head help them
see all around
PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS
• Small teeth helps
them tear meat
• No taste buds helps
them eat anything
even if it tastes bad
• Mucus helps swallow
• Special stomach helps
them digest animals
bigger than
themselves.
• Poisonous germs kill
prey quickly.
FUN FACT
• Biggest lizard
• Protected since 1915
• Sometimes eats
humans
• Another name is Oras
• Red spit
• Mouth has poisonous
germs