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
Bolsón night lizard original location of surveyal. The only apparent threat to the lizard is the disturbance of the habitat in which it resides. The habitat is not particularly wide ranging in size, and is concentrated to only a fairly localised area. However, due to a lack of knowledge regarding the species, it is impossible to determine the impacts of habitat encroachment until a later interval. Bolsón night lizard The Bolsón night lizard ("Xantusia bolsonae") is a species of night lizard described by Webb in 1970. It is endemic to the state of Durango in Mexico. Not much is known about the lizard