_{Komodo dragon}

_{kingdom-Animalia}

• _{have there own means of locomotion}

• _{multicellular with specialized eulsaryotic cells}

• _{rely on other organisms for nourishment}

• _{ingests food and digests food in an internal cavity}

_{phylum-chordata}

• _{bilAterally syMetRICAL BODIES (THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE ARE A MIRROR IMAGE OF EACH OTHER)}

• _{AT SOME POINT OF LIFE CYCLE THEY HAVE A PAIR OF GILL SLITS OR POUCHES USED TO OBTAIN OXYGENE IN A LIQUID ENVIRONMENT}

• _{HAVE A NOTOCHORD AT SOME PHASE OF THEIR LIVES CYCLE}

• _{MEMBERS OFTEN HAVE A HEAD, TAIL, AND A DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WITH OPENINGS AT BOTH ENDS OF THEIR BODY}

_{CLASS-REPTILIA}

• _{THIS CLASS INCLUDES ALL THE TURTLES, SNAKES, LIZARDS, AND OTHER LARGE REPTILES}  

• _{THEY PRODUCE AN AMNIOTE EGG WHICH HAS A LEATHER HARD SHELL THAT PROTECTS IT FROM DRYING OUT}

• _{AMPHIBIAN EGGS CAN BE LAID ON LAND WHERE IT IS USUALLY SAFER FROM PREDITORS}

_{ORDER-SQUAMATA}

• _{It's body is coverd with large, imbricated horny scales}

•  _{It includes the pangolins}
  

_{family-varanidae}

• _{it is a large lizard}

_{Genus-Varanus}

_{Species-Varanus Komodoensis}

 komodo Dragon 

Very fast in the water

Fierce as a bull shark

REFERENCES:

Info from-http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/index.html

January 10,2001

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/varanus/v._komodoensis$narrative.html

Pictures from-http://www.sciam.com/1999/0399issue/0399ciofi.html

January 10, 2001

http://www.lizards.com/

Background from-http://www.komodo-national-park.com/

January 10, 2001

http://www.komodo-national-park.com/