Komodo (island) day people of the island are descendants of former convicts who were exiled to Komodo and who have mixed with Bugis from Sulawesi. The population is primarily adherents of Islam but there are also Christian and Hindu congregations. Administratively, it is part of the East Nusa Tenggara province. The island is also a popular destination for diving and it has been included into the controversial New7Wonders of Nature list since November 11, 2011. The Komodo dragon, the world's largest living lizard, takes its name from the island. A type of monitor lizard, it inhabits Komodo Island and some of the
Attenborough's fan-throated lizard a unique coastal micro-habitat of sand dunes and spiny grasses. As it is the only area in the region where this habitat type still remains, it is likely endemic to this small area. This makes it highly at risk from threats such as tourism development and fire. Attenborough's fan-throated lizard Attenborough's fan-throated lizard ("Sitana attenboroughii)" is a species of fan-throated lizards in the genus "Sitana" found in coastal Kerala in southern India. This species was described in 2018 and is morphologically close to "Sitana visiri", but has a higher numbers of ventral scales and a comparatively short but richly colored