Komodo Islands - Nature Conservancy of Komodo

LIVING DINOSAUR ---------------------------- Komodo dragons are one of the oldest living lizards. Direct ancestors of the Komodo dragon (Varanidae family) lived 50 million years ago. Komodo dragons may have descended from a larger lizard from Java or from Australia (Megalania prisca), which existed 30,000 years ago. Komodo dragons are only found in Komodo, Rinca, Gili Motang, and a small part of northern and western Flores. They are recently extinct in Padar. They do not exist anywhere else on earth. The pe