As a lizard the Komodo dragon is not particularly closely related to dinosaurs. Alligators and birds are more closely related to alligators. Because lizards (including komodo dragons) exist on a separate branch from the dinosaurs they are no more closely related to one dinosaur than they are to another.
Research suggests that the ancestor of the komodo dragon was the now-extinct Australian dragon Megalania, which averaged 7 metres in length. Like the Komodo dragon, the Megalania, which was the largest venomous lizard of its time, had skull and tooth adaptations which allowed them to kill large animals through rapid blood loss.
No. Komodo dragons are simply large lizards. The ancestors of lizards and dinosaurs split apart long before the first dinosaurs appeared. The only animals around today that are descended from dinosaurs are birds.
Big Lizards.
Varanus salvadorii .
Megalania.
Monitor lizards.
Goannas.
it had a relative of long ago called the magalania or giant ripper
The monitor lizards, or goannas.
the komodo dragon shuld be the closest
No. As lizards, Komodo dragons are not closely related to dinosaurs. Birds are directly descended from dinosaurs and are considered to be dinosaurs be evolutionary bilogists. After that the closest relatives of dinosaurs are Komodo dragons.
komodo dragon
width of a komodo dragon
The correct spelling is Komodo Dragon. Komodo comprises the islands that form the archipelago where the komodo dragon's habitat is.
No, the Komodo dragon is a large type of Monitor lizard and is not a dragon.
Komodo dragon was created in 1912.
A Komodo Dragon is a Secondary consumer!
The range of the komodo dragon is from Komodo Island to the island of Gili Matang.
Komodo dragons are named komodo dragons because even though they don't have wings, their dragon-ish body makes them take on the appearance of a dragon. Komodo comes from the island they originate from.
Yes. The Komodo dragon is the largest monitor lizard.
i think a komodo dragon is a smelly nappy baby