Largest organisms found to have measured in length. The Komodo dragon ("Varanus komodoensis"), also known as the "Komodo monitor", is a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, Nusa kode and Padar. A member of the monitor lizard family (Varanidae), it is the largest living species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of in rare cases and weighing up to approximately . The following is a list of the heaviest living reptile species ranked by average weight, which is dominated by the crocodilians. Unlike mammals, birds, or fish, the mass of large reptiles
Dragon Island wide at its greatest extent, and about 4 km long, located just off the southwestern point of the island of Majorca, approximately 210 km due east of Valencia, Spain. This island comprises the "Parc Natural Sa Dragonera". It is the island referred to as Dragon Island in chapter eight of the historical novel Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian. There is also a Dragon Island in the fictional world of Narnia in the book The Voyage of the Dawn Treader." Dragon Island Dragon Island is a privately owned island off the northeast coast of New Zealand's Great Barrier Island, located