Komodo Indonesian Fauna Museum and Reptile Park Komodo Indonesian Fauna Museum and Reptile Park Komodo Indonesian Fauna Museum and Reptile Park (), is a zoological museum located within Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) compound, East Jakarta, Indonesia. The museum specialized on presenting various collection of the fauna of Indonesia, especially endemic animals of Indonesia, to provides information and education on Indonesian animal diversity. The Komodo Fauna Museum is located on southeast corner of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah cultural park. The museum is popularly nicknamed as "Komodo museum" after the design of the main building that took the shape of a giant komodo dragon, the largest lizard endemic
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