Komodo Dragon (NHMW-Zoo1-HS 23783)

3D Model

3D scan of a Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), the largest lizard species in the world. The males grow up to 3 m long and weigh 70 kg. The Komodo dragon lives on the island of Komodo and the surrounding Indonesian islands in savannahs and dry forests.

This specimen is Number 71 of the NHM Top 100 and can be found in Hall 28 of the Natural History Museum Vienna.

Specimen: Varanus komodoensis

Inventory number: NHMW-Zoo1-HS 23783

Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, 1st Zoological Department, Herpetology collection (curator: Silke Schweiger)

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Scanned and edited by Corinna Baldingen, Anna Haider and Viola Winkler (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.