Komodo dragon

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q4504
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Summary

Komodo dragon is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.011% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,989 views/month, #22 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: East Nusa Tenggara[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Named after: Komodo Island[5]
  • IUCN conservation status: Endangered status[6]
  • Parent taxon: Varanus[7]
  • Endemic to: Indonesia[8]
  • Taxon name: Varanus komodoensis[9]
  • Commons category: Varanus komodoensis[10]
  • Color: dark green[11], grey[12], black[13]
  • Start time: -3800000-00-00T00:00:00Z[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Varanus komodoensis[15]
  • Commons gallery: Varanus komodoensis[16]
  • Main food source: carrion[17]
  • Short name: V. komodoensis[18]
  • Taxon common name: Komodo dragon[19], Varano de Komodo[20], Dragon des Komodos[21], Varan de Komodo[22], Komodo Monitor[23], Ora[24], Dragon de Komodo[25], تنين كومودو[26], dragão-de-komodo[27], crocodilo-da-terra[28], تنين الكمودو[29], العظاية التنين[30], ورل كومودو[31], Komodowaran[32]
  • Length: 1.5 m[33]
  • Speed: 20 kilometre per hour[34]
  • Mass: 70 kg[35]
  • Life expectancy: 30 years[36]
  • Has part(s) of the class: tooth[37]
  • Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/01695060-n[38]
  • Minimum frequency of audible sound: 400 hertz[39]
  • Maximum frequency of audible sound: 2000 hertz[40]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[41]

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Identifiers

Komodo dragon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 39449[42]. Komodo dragon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 61221[43]. Komodo dragon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 790179[44]. Komodo dragon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2470854[45]. Komodo dragon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 202168[46].

Why It Matters

Komodo dragon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 106 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . kitacerdas.com. kitacerdas.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [43] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [46] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [44] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [45] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Lizards of the World. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . Animal. wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . Animal. wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . Animal. wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians, Second Edition. animalia.bio. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [39] ↑ . The Komodo Dragon. wikidata.org.
  43. [40] ↑ . The Komodo Dragon. wikidata.org.
  44. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Life expectancy → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+30'}
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  2. 21w ago · ~2026-28227-36 · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Life expectancy → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+30'}
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  3. 23w ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → East Nusa Tenggara
    Taxon range → Q5061
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