Komodo (island) Komodo (island) Komodo () is one of the 17,508 islands that comprise the Republic of Indonesia. The island is particularly notable as the habitat of the Komodo dragon, the largest lizard on Earth, which is named after the island. Komodo Island has a surface area of 390 square kilometres and a human population of over two thousand. The people of the island are descendants of former convicts who were exiled to the island and who have mixed with Bugis from Sulawesi. The people are primarily adherents of Islam but there are also Christian and Hindu congregations. Komodo is part of
Broadley's flat lizard Broadley's flat lizard The Augrabies flat lizard ("Platysaurus broadleyi") is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family endemic to South Africa. "Platysaurus broadleyi" is also called Broadley's flat lizard. Both the specific name, "broadleyi", and one of the common names, Broadley's flat lizard, are in honor of herpetologist . The Augrabies flat lizard has its geographic range between Augrabies Falls and Pella, North Cape in South Africa. This area includes the lower Orange River, Northern Cape Province, and Gordonia District. The habitat of "P. broadleyi" is rocky savannahs. "P. broadleyi" females and juveniles have a dark brown back, with