The Komodo dragon is a kind of reptiles and animals included in the large lizard, the Komodo dragon-biawakan (Varanidae).
Monitor lizard in the Acehnese were called "Muruwa", menyawak or nyambik (Java), berekai (Madura), and a monitor lizard or goanna (United Kingdom).
Monitor a lot of its kind. For most types of large and famous is the komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), length up to 3meter.
Because of his size is very large, this animal is capable of hunting deer, wild boar and Buffalo's children.
In fact, there are cases where the Komodo dragon Komodo was able to attack a human, though it is very rare.
In addition, this type of monitor lizard species is very limited, only found in a few small islands in Nusa Tenggara, as on the islands of Komodo, Padar, Rinca and at the western end of Flores Island.
Animals are often found in villages and urban areas in Indonesia were mostly Western-water monitor lizard Varanus salvator. The overall length of body (snout to tip of tail) only reached 1meter. Nevertheless, in some areas there are also capable of reaching up to 2.5 m.